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damper pedal

noun

Music.

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

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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 �� is the use of the damper pedal?

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