sustain pedal
Example Sentences
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Novacek’s playing was like a more subtle translation of Josefowicz’s, leaning on the piano’s percussive core, using the sustain pedal for attention-calling washes of resonance and, in the Kurtág, landing some seriously concussive accents.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2019
Then they put screws and playing cards between strings, put duct tape over the dampers, put bricks on the sustain pedal, and other sorts of odd customizations.
From The Verge ● Nov. 8, 2019
But Aretha deployed the sustain pedal much more actively than Ray did, who used it with rather startling infrequency.
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2018
There he laced rhythmic triplet figures through the track, held down the sustain pedal and added a general bitterness to the melody.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2010
To help create that vibration, Mr. Ponthus affixed a two-by-four to the second piano’s sustain pedal, allowing him to depress it from his seat at the first piano.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2010
