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sustaining pedal
noun as in damper pedal
noun as in forte pedal
Weak matches
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.
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.
Much of the piece has an unsettled, brooding quality, with scattered piano pitches accumulating over sustaining pedal into dissonant clouds.
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.
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.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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