pedagogy

[French pédagogie, from Greek paid agog i a, from paid a gogos =a pedagogue (q. v.); Sp. & Ital. pedagog i a.] The art or occupation of a pedagogue; pedagogism. "He [Thomas Horne] was, for his merits and excellent faculty that he had in pedagogy , preferr'd to be master of the school at Eaton." - Wood: At hence Oxon ., vol. ii. pěd-al, *pěd-all, a . & s. [Lat. pedal is =(1) pertaining to the foot, (2) belonging to a foot-measure, from pes (gen it. ped is )=a foot; Fr. pédale ; Span. pedal; Ital. pedale =a pedal.] IMG:content-0801.png:[blocks in formation] the foot of a mollusk. 2. Music: Pertaining or relating to a pedal. B. As substantive: I. Ord. Lang.: A projecting piece of metal or wood which is to be acted upon or pre ed down with the foot; a treadle; as, the pedal of a bicycle. II. Music : 1. In musical instruments, a part acted on by the feet. (1) On the pianoforte there are usually two pedals, one of which enables the performer to play only on one string, the other to remove the dampers. (2) On the organ there are combination pedals, which alter the arrangement of the registers, and a swell pedal, by which the swell shutters are opened and closed, and (3) a pedal clavier or keyboard, on which the feet play. (4) On the harp there are pedals, each of which has the power of flattening, sharpening, or making natural, one note through out the whole compa of the instrument. 2. A fixed or stationary ba a pedal-ba , pedal note, or pedal-point, over which various harmonies or contrapuntal devices are constructed; they chiefly occur in Fugues.