damper pedal

damper pedal

noun Music.
a pedal on a piano that when depressed with the foot raises the dampers and permits the strings to vibrate and sustain the tone.
Also called loud pedal, reverberation pedal, sustaining pedal.
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Damper pedal is always a great word to know.
So is dominant seventh. Does it mean:
contains a dominant chord, major third, perfect fifth and a minor seventh
note having one eighth of the time value of a whole note
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Main Entry:  damper pedal
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a foot-level on a string instrument, such as a piano, that lifts the dampers from the strings which makes the tone longer and fuller; also called loud pedal, forte pedal, sustaining pedal, [una corda pedal]; cf. soft pedal
Usage:  music
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