单词 | pedal point |
释义 | > as lemmaspedal point pedal point n. Music a long, sustained note held while movement continues in other parts of a piece; also figurative; cf. sense 7a. [With quot. 1814 compare German Orgelpunkt (see organ point n. at organ n.1 Compounds 2).] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [noun] > movement of parts > sustained note holding-note1776 point d'orgue?1779 pedal note1786 pedal point1814 pedal1854 organ point1865 sustention1883 sustain1951 1814 European Mag. & London Rev. Mar. 232/1 The 9 bars of base on a pedal point (to use a term of German science) towards the conclusion of page 7 [of the score]. 1852 J. Hullah Gram. Mus. Harmony xxvii. 71 From a very obvious and effective mode of using these (foot) keys has arisen the term pedal point, by which is understood a note maintained during several successive changes of chords, or passages of melody. 1945 ‘S. Marchbanks’ in Peterborough (Ont.) Examiner 18 July 4/3 Both books are of enduring worth, and both have a constant, unifying note—a pedal-point, so to speak—of aristocracy which gives them curious distinction in our age. 1977 New Yorker 16 May 139/1 Hindemith's Requiem opens with a slow instrumental prelude, a four-note tolling ostinato over a pedal point. 2002 Time Out N.Y. 9 May 147/1 Short musical ideas are repeated over harmonic pedal-points, changing and evolving frequently enough to avoid a feeling of stasis. < as lemmas |
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