half-pedal

Half pedaling For mechanical pianos, and simulated on some digital piano pedals, it is possible to press down the sustain pedal only partially such that the dampers just touch the strings very slightly. This technique for the advanced pianist is called half pedaling and allows a fine variation of the sound.

[English, two pedals] A directive found in piano compositions indicating the use of both the damper pedal (right) and the soft pedal (una corda or left) at the same time. In French compositions, the phrase les deux pedales is often seen. This directive comes from the days when pianos only had two pedals.

The Half Damper feature reproduces the fine control of an acoustic piano's damper pedal to control the sustain over time: pressing the pedal fully down makes the sound last longer, while letting up on the pedal part of the way slightly mutes the sustained sound.

effects pedal, also called stompbox, electronic device, operated by foot, that enhances, distorts, or otherwise alters electrical signals that are transmitted through it and that originate with a musical instrument. Effects pedals are used to change the sound of the instrument, and there are numerous types.

: a foot lever or treadle by which a part is activated in a mechanism.

Half pedaling For mechanical pianos, and simulated on some digital piano pedals, it is possible to press down the sustain pedal only partially such that the dampers just touch the strings very slightly. This technique for the advanced pianist is called half pedaling and allows a fine variation of the sound.

1. a. : a lever pressed by the foot in the playing of a musical instrument (such as an organ or piano) b. : an electronic device that is usually pressed by the foot and that alters or loops the sound of an amplified voice or musical instrument.

Third (centre) pedal The centre pedal on a grand piano is called a 'sostenuto'. This pedal raises only the dampers of any notes depressed before the pedal is activated, thus enabling selective sustain.

: a pedal that lifts the dampers from a piano's strings to allow a note to ring after its key is released. called also loud pedal, sustaining pedal, sustain pedal.

The most common pedal point is the tonic, which is the first note of the chord that the scale is named after. For example, if you're writing a song in C major, you're using the C major scale (CDEFGABC). The first note of the chord is, of course, C. That's your pedal point.

Aside from the typical one-note bass register pedal point, there are three main types of pedal points in music. They are the double pedal, inverted pedal, and internal pedal notes. The double pedal point occurs when two pedal points are played at the same time.

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