Music notation glossary · Further signs
Pedal mark
press the sustain pedal
As a Unicode character — to paste into text, spreadsheets or chat. Whether it appears depends on the font.
In the score
What it means
Ped. marks pressing, an asterisk or the end of the line marks release. The right pedal lifts the dampers — every string keeps sounding, including those not struck.
Pedal
Under the staff stands the word Ped., and where the foot lets go, a star. The notes above stay what they are: four quarter notes. On the right the same four notes are notated the way they sound under the pedal — the first holds to the end of the bar, the second a little less, and at the close all four stand together. It is not different music, it is the same music written out.
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