Organ pedal curriculum › Level 3 · Independent toes
Aria and 6 Variations in G minor, P.196
pedal toe · pedal diff 2/5 · manual diff 3/5
Aria and 6 Variations in G minor, P.196
Johann Pachelbel · baroque · Level 3 · Independent toes
On the genre heuristic Aria and 6 Variations in G minor, P.196 reads as a independent toe-pedal piece (variations); the score itself has not been checked yet. On John Stainer’s pedal syllabus this sits at the Use of Alternate Toes / Scale-Passages stage: An independent toes-only pedal line, still before the heel is introduced.
Why this piece teaches it
Use of Alternate Toes: Exercises. Scale-Passages.
— Stainer, The Organ: A Manual of the True Principles of Organ Playing (Novello Primer, 1877; ed. 1909) (the Use of Alternate Toes / Scale-Passages stage of the pedal syllabus).
Confidence: ⚠ heuristic — pending score check. Difficulty from genre heuristic; not yet score-verified.
Score: view on IMSLP (local copy not yet collected).