sustaining pedal

noun

1. music a foot-operated lever on a piano, usually the right one of two, that keeps the dampers raised from the strings when keys are released, allowing them to continue to vibrate Compare soft-pedal

Example Sentences

But her phrasing was so sensitive to the shape of the line and shifts of harmony that she won me over, as she did with her use of the sustaining pedal to create milky textures.

From New York Times

Denk’s fingers were clean and precise in the running notes of the early variations and even more bravura in the less legato movements, where he was lighter on the sustaining pedal.

From Washington Post

Much of the piece has an unsettled, brooding quality, with scattered piano pitches accumulating over sustaining pedal into dissonant clouds.

From The New Yorker

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 opt for.

From New York Times

With her back turned to the audience, one foot holding down the sustaining pedal, Ms. Chen manipulated several of these magnets in a way that created an amorphous, contented hum.

From New York Times