PEDAL-NOTE


Meaning of PEDAL-NOTE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpe-d ə l-ˌnōt ]

noun

Etymology: from the playing of the lowest notes on the organ by means of pedals

Date: circa 1828

1. : pedal point

2. : one of the lowest tones that can be sounded on a brass instrument being an octave below the normal usable range and representing the fundamental of the harmonic series

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.