pedal point

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pedal point

noun pedal points

A sustained bass pitch. In classical music there are, as the analytical programs tell us, first subjects and second subjects, free fantasias, recapitulations, and codas; there are fugues, with counter-subjects, strettos, and pedal points; there are passacaglias on ground basses, canons ad hypodiapente, and other ingenuitie
Similar: pedal note, organ point

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noun sustained bass pitch

中文	持續低音 /持续低音 chíxù dīyīn
Deutsch	Orgelpunkt

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@misc{pedal_point_2026,
  title = {pedal point},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pedal%20point},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}