damper pedal

noun

, Music.

1. a pedal on a piano that when depressed with the foot raises the dampers and permits the strings to vibrate and sustain the tone.

Example Sentences

It was as though somebody had stepped on the damper pedal of the world.

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He uses the damper pedal with restraint, even in music by Debussy and Scriabin where many pianists envelop the notes in a blur of pedal.

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He could spend less time with the damper pedal down, but the sounds he produces are well thought-out.

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Frequent use of the damper pedal, including on the first statement of the theme in the fugues from BWV 849 and BWV 853, often smudged things.

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The Use of the Pedal for Colouring What is the use of the damper pedal?

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