pedale (pada'le)

1. Pedal It. n.or harp. of a piano with the foot, and sandals of wood or 2. A pedal key on the organ. iron were worn for the purpose, pedale a ogni battuta (pa-da'-le a 6n'- peg ye ba-too'-ta) It. Pedal at every beat; that is, with peg In box a musical instrument a metal or every change of harmony. wooden pin around which one end of a string is wound; in the piano they pedaleGer. doppelt (pe-da'-le dop'-pelt) are usually called pins; in the violin pedale doppio (pa-da'-le dop'-pi-o) It. the pegs are placed in the head in a Playing the pedals in octaves. space called the peg box, and the pedale d'organo (pa-da'-le d'6r-ga'-no) pitch of the strings is raised or lowered by turning the pegs. The pedals in an organ; the set of peiteagh (pi-te-ah) Irish n. stops controlled by the pedal key- A general name for the tunes of board in playing. the ancient poems and songs of Irepedales (pa-dal') Fr. n. land, 1. Pedals of a piano or harp. pektis (pek'-tis) 2. A pedal key, the keyboard be- A Greek lute. Grk. n. ing called clavier des pedales (klapela (pa'-la) Spa. n. ve-a' da pa-dal'). A dance of sacred measure, per- 3. A pedal point. See also pedal formed in Galicia in the Feast of point. Corpus Christ i. A very tall man led pedales de comb in a is on (pa-dal du the proce ion with dancing steps, kofi-be-ne-zon) Fr. carrying on his shoulders a boy elab- The pedal couplers. See also orately dre ed. pedal coupler. Pedal flugel (pe-daT-fiu'-gheT) Ger. n. Hook of a note, pennant A pedalier. See also pedalier. pedalier pennata (pen-na'-ta.) Literally, a stroke It. of n. the pen. pedalier (pa-dal-ya') Fr. n. Quilled, in spinet playing; referring 1. A set of pedals connected dito the manner in which the strings rectly with the piano so as to play are plucked with quills within the in the low octaves, in the same way as strument. organ pedals. pen or can (pfi-nor-son) Fr. n. 2. An independent instrument played from a pedal keyboard. It is penorkon An early (pe-nor'-kon) form of guitar.Grk. n. placed beneath the piano and played m company with it. pensieroso (pen-se-a-ro'-s5) It. adj. pehsoso Pensive;(pen-so'-so) thoughtful.It. adj. Peda!jera (pa-da-li-a'-ra) It. n. Vu pedal 9 The ^- of any instrument. pedals keyboard pentachium (pen-ta'-kl-Am) Grk n. pedahon of an organ, A composition in five parts. pentachord ■d ^ed,aiier- See also pedalier. five1. strings. Plucked stringed instrument with £edalklaves (pe-dal'-kla'-fes) Ger. n.