Organ pedal curriculum › Level 4 · Toe and heel
Grand Chorus in March Form, Op.84
pedal sustained · pedal diff 1/5 · manual diff 2/5
Grand Chorus in March Form, Op.84
Alexandre Guilmant · romantic · Level 4 · Toe and heel
In the score, the score has a real pedal staff (3-staff system) carrying a gentle, mostly slow-moving pedal line (automated motion proxy 0.78, on the gentle end). That places Grand Chorus in March Form, Op.84 at Level 4 · Toe and heel. On John Stainer’s pedal syllabus this sits at the Toe and Heel stage: Stainer introduces the heel only once toe technique is secure, for wider and more legato pedal lines.
Why this piece teaches it
Toe and Heel: Exercises. Each Hand Separately with Feet: Exercises.
— Stainer, The Organ: A Manual of the True Principles of Organ Playing (Novello Primer, 1877; ed. 1909) (the Toe and Heel stage of the pedal syllabus).
Confidence: ✓ score-verified. Pedal presence confirmed from the score by the staff detector, and its pedal-motion proxy ranks among the gentlest of the confirmed pedal pieces — i.e. real but undemanding pedal work.
Score (PDF): open / download the score — the site’s own copy, source on IMSLP.
Score
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