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CENTRE PEDAL [1 record]

Record 1 2009-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • String Instruments
  • Keyboard Instruments
CONT

Some Pianos in the United States and Canada have a third (middle) pedal, the sostenuto pedal, which enables the player to hold on for some time the sound of any note ... whilst passing on to [others].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à cordes
  • Instruments de musique à clavier
CONT

Il existe aussi une pédale dite de prolongation qui a pour effet de tenir abaissée au gré de l'exécutant telle touche ou, [...] tel accord que le doigt vient de quitter.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumentos de cuerda
  • Instrumentos de teclado
DEF

Pedal situado entre el pedal izquierdo y el pedal derecho, cuya función es la de mantener la nota sostenida.

CONT

El pedal tonal o central, también llamado pedal de sostenuto, del italiano sostenido, [...] sirve para crear el efecto llamado nota pedal, que consiste en mantener durante un tiempo determinado la misma nota o acorde; a diferencia del pedal de resonancia, la nota pedal no se ve alterada por las que se toquen después.

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