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单词 pedal point
释义

pedal point


noun Music.

a tone sustained by one part, usually the bass, while other parts progress without reference to it.
a passage containing it.
Also called organ point, pedal note .

Origin of pedal point

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby pedal point

pedal boat, pedalfer, pedal keyboard, pedalo, pedal piano, pedal point, pedal pushers, pedal steel guitar, pedant, pedantic, pedanticism
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Example sentences from the Web for pedal point

  • This is the best part of it—a fugal Gloria, ending with a pedal-point.

    The Nebuly Coat|John Meade Falkner
  • In the middle section you have done something new and good; the alternating chords above the pedal-point, rather la Russlan.

    The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
  • Angelus bells in pedal-point continue through a period of hope and prayer; but remorse again takes sway.

    Contemporary American Composers|Rupert Hughes

British Dictionary definitions for pedal point

pedal point
/ (ˈpɛdəl) /

noun

music a sustained bass note, over which the other parts move bringing about changing harmoniesOften shortened to: pedal
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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