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pedal point::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pedal |
| Type of | musical note, note, tone |
Examples of pedal point
pedal point
Heavy metal songs often make extensive use of pedal point as a harmonic basis.
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A drone differs from a pedal point in degree or quality.
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The term is a reference to the bass pedal keyboards that are used to sustain a pedal point in organ music.
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Then there's a spacey section with a bass pedal point, followed by a return to the form, over which the alto solos.
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In metal, the bass guitar may perform complex riffs along with the rhythm guitarist or play a low, rumbling pedal point to anchor the group's sound.
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A pedal point may be a nonchord tone and thus required to resolve, unlike a drone, or a pedal point may simply be a shorter drone, a drone being a longer pedal point.
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The subject of the four-voice fugue is made up entirely of sixteenth notes, with an implied pedal point set against a brief melodic subject that first falls, then rises.
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Chords that may contain more than three notes include pedal point chords, dominant seventh chords, extended chords, added tone chords, clusters, and polychords.
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His treatment of melodies in the Schubert were akin to incandescent filaments, and when he needed to bark, such as in a boisterous pedal point in the Bartok, it jarred because of the contrast.
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