Usually means: Holds notes longer on piano.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. sustaining pedal: Merriam-Webster
  2. sustaining pedal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sustaining pedal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. sustaining pedal: Collins English Dictionary
  5. sustaining pedal: Vocabulary.com
  6. sustaining pedal: Dictionary.com
  7. Sustaining pedal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. sustaining pedal: Rhymezone
  9. sustaining pedal: FreeDictionary.org
  10. sustaining pedal: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. sustaining pedal: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from WordNet (sustaining pedal)

▸ noun:  a pedal on a piano that lifts the dampers from the strings and so allows them to continue vibrating


Opposite:
dampening pedal, mute pedal, soft pedal

Types:
uncorda, sostenuto, soft, more...

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Opposite:
dampening pedal, mute pedal, soft pedal

Types:
uncorda, sostenuto, soft, more...




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