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PRONUNCIATION OF SUSTAINING PEDAL

sustaining pedal play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUSTAINING PEDAL

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Sustaining pedal is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SUSTAINING PEDAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sustaining pedal

Sustain pedal

A sustain pedal or sustaining pedal is the most commonly used pedal in a modern piano. It is typically the rightmost of two or three pedals. When pressed, the sustain pedal "sustains" all the damped strings on the piano by moving all the dampers away from the strings and allowing them to vibrate freely. All notes played will continue to sound until the vibration naturally ceases, or until the pedal is released. This lets the pianist sustain notes which would otherwise be out of reach, for instance in accompanying chords - and accomplish legato passages which would have no possible fingering otherwise. Raising the sustain pedal also causes all the strings to vibrate sympathetically with whichever notes are being played, which greatly enriches the piano's tone.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUSTAINING PEDAL

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SUSTAINING PEDAL

accelerator pedal
back-pedal
bipedal
brake pedal
chorus pedal
clutch pedal
dead man´s pedal
fissipedal
gas pedal
gold medal
medal
overpedal
pedal
quadrupedal
sesquipedal
soft pedal
soft-pedal
sostenuto pedal
tripedal
wah-wah pedal

Synonyms and antonyms of sustaining pedal in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sustaining pedal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SUSTAINING PEDAL

Find out the translation of sustaining pedal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sustaining pedal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sustaining pedal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

维持踏板
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pedal fuerte
570 millions of speakers

English

sustaining pedal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बनाए रखने पेडल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دواسة التحمل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

поддерживающая педали
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pedal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্যাডাল বজায় রাখা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pédale forte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengekalkan pedal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Haltepedals
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

サステイン·ペダル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유지 페달
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyepetake pedal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

duy trì đạp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மீதமுள்ள மிதி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शिस्त राखणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ayak pedalı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pedale di sostegno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pedał podtrzymujący
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підтримуюча педалі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pedala de sustinere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συγκρατήσεως πεντάλ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

handhawing pedaal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sustaining pedalen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

opphold pedal
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SUSTAINING PEDAL»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SUSTAINING PEDAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sustaining pedal

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUSTAINING PEDAL»

Discover the use of sustaining pedal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sustaining pedal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Etude: The Music Magazine
__ ,_ THE ETUDE The Sustaining Pedal and What it Does to Piano Music By T. D. Williams NUMEROUS articles have appeared, from time to time, concerning the sustaining pedal, and to add anything new would be a difficult matter. In spite of ...
Theodore Presser, 1921
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Piano lessons in the grand style: from the golden age of The ...
Before taking the sustaining pedal at the beginning of this measure be sure that the damper pedal (held down until the end of the preceding measure) isfully raised. The same care should be exercised at mm. 28, 34, 36, etc., wherever the  ...
Jeffrey Johnson, 2003
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The Musician's Guide to Acoustics
When depressed, the right hand sustaining pedal raises the dampers from the strings, allowing them to vibrate freely. As well as sustaining the notes, the pedal alters the tone quality since it allows the strings which are not struck to vibrate in ...
Murray Campbell, Clive Greated, 1994
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A Pedal Method for the Piano
THE SUSTAINING PEDAL. 80. A few words in reference to the sustaining pedal, which is destined to become of great value to the pianist, will not be amiss. It is found between the damper and soft pedal, and will sustain a note or chord, but will ...
Albert F. Venino, 1894
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Charles Valentin Alkan: His Life and His Music
but the use of the sustaining pedal combined occasionally with the other pedal [ una corda] has an agreeable effect ...'.56 In Alkan's Serenade op 74/5 we find both pedals employed in the recitative-like passage following giving an ' agreeable' ...
Dr William Eddie, 2013
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Bach -- The Well-Tempered Clavier, Vol 1
In this area, individual experimentation is recommended, since each performer is allowed to select a tempo in agreement with his or her personal convictions. Use of the sustaining pedal, generally speaking, is best avoided in the performance ...
Bach, Johann Sebastian
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One Thousand Questions and Answers on Musical Theory
Theodore Luther Krebs. possible for a child to sit at the piano in a correct and comfortable position, and reach the damper pedal with ease What is the name and the use of the Middle pedal? This pedal is called the tone-sustaining pedal.
Theodore Luther Krebs, 1913
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A History of Pianoforte Pedalling
To complicate matters further, in the conventional notation associated with the ' Viennese' piano in the early nineteenth century 'con sordini' was the term for releasing the sustaining pedal, 'senza sordini' meaning 'raise dampers'. For the first ...
David Rowland, 2004
9
Player Piano: Servicing and Rebuilding
Used by the 44-note keyboardless Peerless coin piano 1—5 Notes F to A 10»42 Notes C»G# 6 Shutoff 43 Hammer rail down 7 A# 44 Hammer rail up 8 B 45—48 Notes A-C 9 Sustaining pedal The continuous 44>note chromatic note scale ...
Arthur A. Reblitz, 1997
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Bach -- Inventions & Sinfonias: 2 & 3 Part Inventions
We would discourage an expressionless, abstract interpretation of this music and at the same time condemn an overly romanticized version, with sweeping crescendos and melodramatic contrasts. Use of the sustaining pedal is best avoided in ...
Bach, Johann Sebastian

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUSTAINING PEDAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sustaining pedal is used in the context of the following news items.
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Review: Pianist Ursula Oppens Seamlessly Connects the Classics …
With her precise and restrained use of the sustaining pedal, Ms. Oppens creates a sound in Schubert that is more crisp than the watercolor wash many pianists ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
2
US Chopin winner Lu shows talent and tenderness in New York debut
His phrasing was free and sensitive, driven largely by a liberal but tasteful rubato, all elegantly blurred by his judicious use of the sustaining pedal. «New York Classical Review, Jun 15»
3
Cliburn JR: Quarterfinal Round 4
He made liberal use of the sustaining pedal and, in that case, he soaked it for maximum effect. This is a very big virtuoso showpiece, so he can be forgiven for ... «TheaterJones Performing Arts News, Jun 15»
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Cliburn JR: Preliminary Round 4
However, his minimal use of the sustaining pedal delivered a clean and sparkling performance. The Chopin was better, but in spite of lovely soft passages, still ... «TheaterJones Performing Arts News, Jun 15»
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Cliburn JR: Preliminary Round 3
The last movement was appropriately fast but somewhat heavy-handed and she blurred the turns with the sustaining pedal. On the positive side, she enjoyed ... «TheaterJones Performing Arts News, Jun 15»
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Cliburn JR: Preliminary Round 2
He used only minimal, practically noticeable, sustaining pedal. He body language showed that his mastery of the music went beyond mere memorization and he ... «TheaterJones Performing Arts News, Jun 15»
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Review: Palmieri and Henriquez celebrate Latin jazz at Orchestra Hall
... from the work's poignant dedication. A glitch in the piano's sustaining pedal slightly delayed the launch of the piece but did not diminish its impact. cComments. «Chicago Tribune, Jan 15»
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Review: Beatrice Rana | Cliburn Concerts | Bass Performance Hall …
Many would argue with her tempi, lack of clearly marked out dance rhythms, overabundance of rubato and her use of the sustaining pedal. An equal number ... «TheaterJones Performing Arts News, Oct 14»
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Ding-dong among pianists over pedalling at the keyboard
What has happened is that the foot pedal, the sustaining pedal you have depressed, has raised a damper from the strings, leaving them to vibrate longer, and ... «Herald Scotland, Nov 13»
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Cliburn Preliminaries: Tuesday, May 28, Session 1
Mndoyants sent the sustaining pedal on vacation while he played most of this piece using only finger legato and holding the longer notes down with his fingers ... «TheaterJones Performing Arts News, May 13»

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