Definition of pedalling Pedalling
/pˈɛdəlˌɪŋ/
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pedalling - /pˈɛdəlˌɪŋ/
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pedaling - /pɛˈdʌlɪŋ/
What does pedalling mean?
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music
Pedalling in music means the art of using the pedals on musical instruments.
There are several musical instruments which have pedals for various reasons.
Piano.
The piano has at least two pedals, large concert grand pianos always have three. The pedal on the right (operated by the player's right foot) makes the sound sustain (carry on). This is because it makes the dampers come off the strings. When the player plays some notes the strings that are hit by the hammers carry on vibrating until the player takes his or her foot off the pedal. Some of the other strings even start to vibrate as well ("in sympathy").
The pedal on the left makes the sound quieter. It is called the "una corda" pedal (literally: "one string"). This is because, in the early days of the piano, the una corda pedal made all the hammers move up so that a hammer would only hit one string for each note instead of three (most notes on a piano each have three strings to make a bigger sound). On modern pianos the hammers actually hit two strings instead of three. They also tend to hit the string at a point where the hammer is softer, away from the little grooves that get worn in the hammer-head. On an upright piano the hammers move closer to the strings so that they do not hit them so hard.
On pianos which have a middle pedal (called a sostenuto pedal) any note or chord that the player is holding down will be sustained, but any more notes he plays afterwards will not be affected. This can be nice in some modern m
