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soft ped·al
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Princeton's WordNet
soft pedalverb
a pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound
soft-pedalverb
play down or obscure
"His advisers soft-pedaled the president's blunder"
Wiktionary
soft pedalnoun
The leftmost foot-pedal on most pianos which, when pushed, softens the note played.
Wikipedia
Soft pedal
The soft pedal (or una corda pedal, Italian for 'one string') is one of the standard pedals on a piano, generally placed leftmost among the pedals. On a grand piano this pedal shifts the whole action (including the keyboard) slightly to the right, so that the hammers which normally strike all three of the strings for a note strike only two of them. This softens the note and also modifies its tone quality. Tone quality is also affected by forcing the remaining two strings being struck to make contact with a part of the hammer felt which is not often hit (due to the whole action being shifted); this results in a duller sound, as opposed to the bright sound which is usually produced (due to the felt being hardened from regular use).
ChatGPT
soft pedal
A soft pedal is a mechanism in musical instruments, especially in pianos, which when pressed or engaged, reduces the volume or intensity of the sound produced. It typically achieves this by reducing the impact of the instrument's hammers or by altering the tone quality of an instrument. It comes from the expression "to soft pedal," meaning to reduce or play down the importance or impact of something.
Wikidata
Soft pedal
The soft pedal is one of the standard pedals on a piano, generally placed leftmost among the pedals. On a grand piano this pedal shifts the whole action including the keyboard slightly to the right, so that hammers which normally strike all three of the strings for a note strike only two of them. This softens the note and also modifies its tone quality. Tone quality is also affected by forcing the remaining two strings being struck to make contact with a part of hammer felt which is not often hit; this results in a duller sound, as opposed to the bright sound which is usually produced.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of soft pedal in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of soft pedal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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