soft pedal

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English

Etymology

The soft pedal of a piano is usually the leftmost foot-pedal.

From soft (“of sound: quiet”) +‎ pedal.[1]

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Noun

soft pedal (plural soft pedals)

  1. (music, also attributively) The leftmost foot-pedal on most pianos which, when pushed, dampens the strings and so softens the note played.
    Synonym: una corda pedal
    Coordinate terms: sostenuto pedal, sustain pedal

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References

  1. ^ “soft pedal, n. and adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2022.; “soft pedal, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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