Organ pedal curriculum › Level 4 · Toe and heel
Gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet, WV 6
pedal sustained · pedal diff 1/5 · manual diff 2/5
Gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet, WV 6
Heinrich Scheidemann · baroque · Level 4 · Toe and heel
On the genre heuristic Gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet, WV 6 reads as a sustained pedal-point piece (chorale_setting); the score itself has not been checked yet. 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: ⚠ heuristic — pending score check. Difficulty from genre heuristic; not yet score-verified.
Score: view on IMSLP (local copy not yet collected).