damper pedal

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damper pedal

On a piano, an alternative name for the sustaining pedal. The tone is sustained because the pedal lifts the dampers off the strings. It should not be confused with the damping pedal.

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I nodded gamely, depressed the damper pedal, reached inside the piano and started strumming.

5 minutes with ... Jon Kimura Parker by Houle, Arthur / American Music Teacher

T: Sometime try sitting at a piano, and hold down the damper pedal (the one on the right that makes it hold notes).

Fourth Sunday of Easter: April 17, 2005 by Knauff, Tim / Currents in Theology and Mission

We may not reach sight reading at all during his lesson because he needs so much help using the damper pedal correctly during one of his repertoire pieces.

Accele Rando! Picking up the pace in our private teaching by Jacobi, Bonnie S. / American Music Teacher

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