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One of them was a man named Silbermann who added the first damper pedal to enhance the sound. When playing the piano you can push the damper pedal and it will raise the hammers and the string will have nothing touching them, so when the hammers don''t touch the strings the sound will continue and not stop. The composer succeeds in depicting the beauty and grandeur of desert landscapes by the use of extended damper pedal effects, sparse harmonies in open fifths, and modal, flute-like melodies. |
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