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pedal point
noun
- a tone sustained by one part, usually the bass, while other parts progress without reference to it.
- a passage containing it.
pedal point
/ ˈpɛdəl /
noun
- music a sustained bass note, over which the other parts move bringing about changing harmonies Often shortened topedal
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pedal point1
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Example Sentences
In the middle section you have done something new and good; the alternating chords above the pedal-point, rather la Russlan.
The free fantasy is full of storm and stress, with a fierce pedal-point on the trilled leading-tone.
Angelus bells in pedal-point continue through a period of hope and prayer; but remorse again takes sway.
"The Shepherd's Lament" is one of his best lyrics, with a strange accompaniment containing an inverted pedal-point in octaves.
A dominant pedal-point of fifty-eight measures, in the last movement, is worth mentioning.
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