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Definition of pedal note in English: pedal notenoun Music 1The lowest or fundamental note of a harmonic series in some brass and wind instruments. 2A note sustained in one part (usually the bass) through successive harmonies, some of which are independent of it. Example sentencesExamples - At first, whirling scales and broken arpeggios scamper across the keyboard, hopefully tethered by tonic pedal notes in the bass.
- Opening in a serene, almost mystical, manner, the work features a chain of sonorities that alternately rise and fall over a long pedal point in A-flat major.
- Its beautiful sound tapestry was created by a freely flowing association of textures such as polytonal chord clashes, rapid repeated notes, and pedal points.
- Might the sostenuto pedal be employed to play a pedal point so the left hand does not have to sustain it?
- He also used sighing suspensions, and unexpected leaps to hold on to bass pedal notes to create chords.
Definition of pedal note in US English: pedal note(also pedal tone) nounˈpedl ˌnōt Music 1The lowest or fundamental note of a harmonic series in some brass and wind instruments. 2A note sustained in one part (usually the bass) through successive harmonies, some of which are independent of it. Example sentencesExamples - Its beautiful sound tapestry was created by a freely flowing association of textures such as polytonal chord clashes, rapid repeated notes, and pedal points.
- Might the sostenuto pedal be employed to play a pedal point so the left hand does not have to sustain it?
- He also used sighing suspensions, and unexpected leaps to hold on to bass pedal notes to create chords.
- At first, whirling scales and broken arpeggios scamper across the keyboard, hopefully tethered by tonic pedal notes in the bass.
- Opening in a serene, almost mystical, manner, the work features a chain of sonorities that alternately rise and fall over a long pedal point in A-flat major.
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