pédale – Definition in music

Definition of the French term pédale in music:

pedal (on a musical instrument)
indication to depress the sustain pedal (the right pedal on a piano that makes notes continue to sound)
pedalboard (foot-operated keyboard on an organ)
pedal division (part of an organ played from the foot-operated pedalboard)

Language

French

Singular

pédale

Plural

pédales

Abbreviation

péd.

Alt. abbreviation

pd.

French musical terms that include pédale:

avec pédale – with pedal
avec pédale obligée – with obbligato pedal (independent and essential pe...
baigné de pédales – bathed in pedals (instruction to use the sustain p...
beaucoup de pédale – a lot of pedal, much pedal
brouillé de pédale – mixture of organ pedal stops
Clavier des pédales – pedalboard
clavier et pédale – manual and pedal (to be played using both the keyb...
cymbales à pédale – hi-hat
dans un halo de pédale – in a halo of pedal resonance
enlevez la pédale – take off the pedal
la pédale – the pedal
mais non sans pédale – but not without pedal
ne laissez à la pédale – leave only on the pedal (instruction to disengage ...
ôtez 16 pédale – take off the 16-foot pedal stop
pédale céleste – celeste pedal (on a piano)
pédale de grosse caisse – bass drum pedal
pédale de soutien – sostenuto pedal (the middle pedal on a piano that ...
pédale douce – soft pedal (the left pedal on a piano that softens...
pédale forte – sustain pedal (the right pedal on a piano that mak...
pédale gauche – literally "left pedal"...
pédale obligée – obbligato pedal (independent and essential pedal p...
pédale tonale – sostenuto pedal (the middle pedal on a piano that ...
sans pédale – without pedal
sans pédale obligée – without obbligato pedal (without an independent an...
tenir la pédale – hold the pedal

Music scores that include pédale:

Arrigo Cappelletti: Intermezzo epico (ca. 1940) Page 1
Auguste Larriu: Offertoire in E major (1910) Page 1
César Franck: 3 Chorals for Organ (1890) Page 1
Guy Ropartz: Introduction et Allegro Moderato (1917) Page 1
Robert Schumann: 6 Fugues on B.A.C.H.: No. 6 (1845‑1848) Page 1
Samuel Alexandre Rousseau: Fantaisie pour orgue (1894) Page 1

French musical terms related to pédale:

céleste – celestial, heavenly, divine...
pédalier – pedalboard (foot-operated keyboard on an organ)
sourdine – mute (device attached to a musical instrument that...