Pedal use is a fundamental part of expressive piano playing. But proper pedaling skills are not easy to acquire. Thus, it is important that piano students become acquainted with the use of the three pedals as early as possible. The stopgap Introduction to Pedaling is a collectionof pieces adapted to all levels of manual dexterity, enabling learners to improve their mastery of both the musical function and technique of pedaling. The volume contains both individual and joint studies for the three pedals of modern pianos.
In addition to ten selected pieces from Samuel Maykapar's Twenty Pedal Preludes (1937), Introduction to Pedal Studies includes keyboard music from four centuries, ranging from Johann Sebastian Bach to contemporary Hungarian composers. Pupils can thus encounter varying pedal marks from different periods. Of course, not all composers featured in the collection marked pedal use; in such cases, pedal signs were added by the editor. It is a recurrent question of interpretation whether pedals should be used in the music of earlier masters. The sound of the modern piano is far less vibrant and rich in overtones than that of the period instruments - thus, it is not Bach's music that necessitates pedal use so much as the piano itself.
Orbán György: Evening Bells (Lakos: A barátságos zongoraiskola III)
Merikanto, Oskar: Lullaby (Lasten maailmasta, Op. 31, No. 2)
Schumann, Robert: Humming Song (Album für die Jugend, Op. 68, No. 3)
Maykapar, S. M.: Prelude 11 (Twenty Pedal Preludes, No. 11)
Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich: Solfeggio (Musicalische Nebenstunden, 1787-88)
Gurlitt, Cornelius: Andantino (4 Sonatinen, Op. 214, No. 2/II)
Maykapar, S. M.: Prelude 5 (Twenty Pedal Preludes, No. 5)
Burgmüller, J. Fr.: By th Limpid Stream (25 Etüden, Op. 100, No. 7)
Gretchaninov, Alexander: Njanja is Ill (Children's Book, Op. 98, No. 7)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: The Sick Doll (Children's Album, Op. 39, No. 6)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Sweet Dream (Children's Album, Op. 39, No. 21)
Czerny, Carl: Study (100 Übungsstücke, Op. 139, No. 44)
Schumann, Robert: A Chorale (Album für die Jugend, Op. 68, No. 4)
Maykapar, S. M.: Prelude 17 ((Twenty Pedal Preludes, No. 17)
Orbán György: Pedal Throughout (Lakos: A barátságos zongoraiskola III)
Orbán György: With Pedal (Lakos: A barátságos zongoraiskola III)
Orbán György: Don't be Grumpy! (Lakos: A barátságos zongoraiskola III)
Clementi, Muzio: Prelude (Introduction a l'Art de toucher le Piano-Forte, 1802, Op. 42, Leçon XV)
Reschofsky Sándor: Tower Bells (for left hand) - (Hungarian Folk Song , Bartók-Reschofsky: Zongoraiskola, 1913)
Gurlitt, Cornelius: Study
Maykapar, S. M.: Prelude 1 (Twenty Pedal Preludes, No. 1)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Menuett (BWV Anh. II 132)
Kirnberger, J. Ph.: Menuett
Schubert, Franz: Ländler in Es, D. 679, No.2)
Schumann, Robert: Short Study (Album für die Jugen, Op. 68, No. 14)
Bartók Béla: Highway Robber (Gyermekeknek, IV/31)
Lutosławski, Witold: Oh, my Johnny (Polish Folk Song) (''Ach, mój Jasienko'', Melodie ludowe, No. 1)
Maykapar, S. M.: Prelude 6 (Twenty Pedal Preludes, No. 6)
Maykapar, S. M.: Prelude 12 (Twenty Pedal Preludes, No. 12)
Haydn, Joseph: Menuett (12 Menuette, Hob. IX:3, No. 5)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Menuett (KV 315a (315g)
Bartók Béla: Merriment (Mikrokosmos, III/84)
Poulenc, Francis: Tyrolean Waltz (from Villageoises)
Bartók Béla: Melody with Interruptions (Mikrokosmos, III/83)
Orbán György: Reeds in Winter
Heller, Stephen: Prelude (32 Präludien für Lili, Op. 119, No. 9)
Pleyel, Ignaz: Entrance
Reinecke, Carl: Elegy (5 Serenaden für die Jugend, Op. 183/II, No. 2)
Maykapar, S. M.: Prelude 4 (Twenty Pedal Preludes, No. 4)
Schumann, Robert: First Loss (Album für die Jugend, Op. 68, No. 16)
Bartók Béla: Children's Dance (Gyermekeknek, I/10)
Bartók Béla: Hungarian Folk Song (Gyermekeknek, II/26)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: German Dance (12 deutsche Tänze, WoO 13, No. 9)
Benda, Georg Anton (Jiří Antonin): Sonatina
Sibelius, Jean: Valsette (10 Pensées lyriques, Op. 40, No. 1)
Orbán György: March of a Military Band
Czerny, Carl: Study (100 Übungsstücke, Op. 129, No. 63)
Reinecke, Carl: Children and Cuckoo (Ein neues Notenbuch für kleine Leute, Op. 107, No. 12)
Maykapar, S. M.: Study
Maykapar, S. M.: Prelude 18 (Twenty Pedal Preludes, No. 18)
Orbán György: Little Study
Orbán György: Flowing Brook (Lakos: A barátságos zongoraiskola II.)
Orbán György: Swelling (Lakos: A barátságos zongoraiskola II.)
Schytte, Ludvig: Under the Linden
Orbán György: Clouds, Flashing Light, and Raibow
Gurlitt, Cornelius: Cradle Song (Albumblätter für die Jugend, Op. 101, No. 6)
Maykapar, S. M.: Prelude 19 (Twenty Pedal Preludes, No. 19)
Maykapar, S. M.: Prelude 20 (Twenty Pedal Preludes, No. 20)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: In the Chuch (Children's Album, Op. 39, No. 24)
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich: A Teardrop
Orbán György: Like a Folk Song
Orbán György: Adventure of a Motiv
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