1The lowest or fundamental note of a harmonic series in some brass and wind instruments.
（铜管乐器的）基音，泛音列的第一音
2A note sustained in one part (usually the bass) through successive harmonies, some of which are independent of it.
持续和谐（低）音
Example sentencesExamples
At first, whirling scales and broken arpeggios scamper across the keyboard, hopefully tethered by tonic pedal notes in the bass.
Opening in a serene, almost mystical, manner, the work features a chain of sonorities that alternately rise and fall over a long pedal point in A-flat major.
Its beautiful sound tapestry was created by a freely flowing association of textures such as polytonal chord clashes, rapid repeated notes, and pedal points.
Might the sostenuto pedal be employed to play a pedal point so the left hand does not have to sustain it?
He also used sighing suspensions, and unexpected leaps to hold on to bass pedal notes to create chords.
Definition of pedal note in US English:
pedal note
(also pedal tone)
nounˈpedl ˌnōt
Music
1The lowest or fundamental note of a harmonic series in some brass and wind instruments.
（铜管乐器的）基音，泛音列的第一音
2A note sustained in one part (usually the bass) through successive harmonies, some of which are independent of it.
持续和谐（低）音
Example sentencesExamples
Its beautiful sound tapestry was created by a freely flowing association of textures such as polytonal chord clashes, rapid repeated notes, and pedal points.
Might the sostenuto pedal be employed to play a pedal point so the left hand does not have to sustain it?
He also used sighing suspensions, and unexpected leaps to hold on to bass pedal notes to create chords.
At first, whirling scales and broken arpeggios scamper across the keyboard, hopefully tethered by tonic pedal notes in the bass.
Opening in a serene, almost mystical, manner, the work features a chain of sonorities that alternately rise and fall over a long pedal point in A-flat major.