| 单词 | soft pedal |
| 例句 | I thought that later I might also play the piano, something quiet, using the soft pedal. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z This refusal to soft pedal the age difference — or pussyfoot around the tragedy of withered fame — prevents the film from sinking into sentiment. Review: For an Aging Actor, Another Chance to Be ‘The Hero’ 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z As Mr. Smythe played light but somber chords, sometimes using the soft pedal and adding a small complement of electronics, Mr. Evans played in gunshot gusts and stout melodies — assertive and bold, but vaguely absconded. Wynton Marsalis Provokes Again With Head-Scratching ‘Ever Fonky Lowdown’ 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z The Republicans needed to employ "hard-hitting kind of spots with a man's voice, no soft pedal" that would tar Democrats as the party that would tax working people, according to a story in Politico. Real estate mogul Steve Wynn’s newest project: Making it harder to vote 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z His 1988 album for Eno’s Opal Records, “The White Arcades,” was powered by Budd’s “soft pedal” piano technique, which employed one of the instrument’s foot pedals to “soften” the notes while subtly changing their tones. Harold Budd, ambient composer and Eno collaborator, dies of COVID-19 complications at 84 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z “They were like, ‘Don’t just soft pedal this. How Pete Docter and Kemp Powers brought the first Black Pixar protagonist to life in 'Soul' 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z While state Democrats soft pedal the impact on the industry, they clearly didn’t seek the cooperation or collaboration of the industry when crafting the legislation. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z We shouldn't even try to soft pedal it. When it comes to cheating in sports, the kids learned from the pros 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z And even though Slate’s Matt Yglesias tries to soft pedal his designation by saying Snowden’s not necessarily the “best” but simply the most “influential” figure of the year, he’s wrong. Edward Snowden Is Not 'Person Of The Year' 2013-12-18T14:42:00Z When coders get their hands on code, it is impossible for a company to soft pedal what’s actually in the code. Did Microsoft Change The Architecture Of Skype To Make It Easier To Snoop? 2012-07-18T06:35:06Z I had a few spots where I wanted to soft pedal but maintain speed. American Dave Zabriskie takes Tour of California lead 2012-05-18T00:43:46Z I found myself in the bad condition at one time that I could not play certain passages independently of the position of my foot onPg 45 the soft pedal. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z But we’ll have to put on the soft pedal if we hope to find out anything. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z The continual flow of banter which the Winnebagos usually kept up among themselves was hushed, and everyone was willing to put the soft pedal on her own speech if only Katherine would talk some more. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z This put a soft pedal on all unnecessary sounds: even Wyn desisted. The Girl Scouts at Rocky Ledge Nora's Real Vacation 2012-01-20T03:00:14.427Z "I whisper a little sometimes with the soft pedal down," said Di. Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:31.283Z Such is the strength of association that very soon a constant use of the soft pedal produces physical inability to play unless the foot is pressing the pedal. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z It is a continual running movement with both hands in unison, and it is played all muffled, and with the soft pedal. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z "Do them good," her friend said viciously, but with the soft pedal down for once. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z So we’re going to put the soft pedal on individual brilliancy this year. The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z It is a good thing to have, but egotism needs the soft pedal when we speak or do things. Think A Book for To-day 2011-07-27T02:00:35.180Z To Produce a Softer Tone Should the expression "p" be executed by the aid of the soft pedal or through the fingers? Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z It depressed me, and put down the soft pedal on all thought and mental expression. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z Didn’t even play the story down nor ask your father to soft pedal it.” Saboteurs on the River 2011-01-28T03:00:23.967Z We were on soft pedal, you see, and some of the cars we met were equally subdued. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z The voice of the Celt, whether Irish, Highland-Scottish, or Welsh, does always seem to have the soft pedal down on it. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune The soft pedal serves to change the quality of tone, not the quantity. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z For to hand me ten thousand to spend on welcoming a bunch of other women's husbands was, to soft pedal it, rubbing it in. Believe You Me! She again put on the soft pedal, and began gently to touch the piano. Maximina "You shouldn't give such laugh-provoking stunts, then," answered Mr. Kean, "but I'll try and remember to put on the soft pedal hereafter." Molly Brown's Sophomore Days Get onto the Bureau and use the soft pedal. The Bartlett Mystery A too frequent use of the soft pedal does tend to a neglect of the pianissimo touch, and it should, therefore, be discouraged. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z They afterward drew tight down on the sounding board, so that now when I talk the rickety buzz is like that of a horse-fiddle played with the tremolo and the soft pedal. Cupid's Middleman "Has he sailed away yet, Rob?" asked Tubby, in his hushed voice, which sounded as though he might be using the soft pedal on his vocal organ. The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields In some pianos the soft pedal presses a special damper against the strings; and a third kind of device moves the hammers nearer the strings so that they deliver a lighter blow. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use When the old folks went to bed, our hostess would find a pack of cards—authors, most likely—or play a waltz on the soft pedal for two couples to dance. Otherwise Phyllis Using the Two Pedals at Once May the damper pedal and the soft pedal be used simultaneously, or would this be detrimental to the piano? Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z Out of the tail of my eye I sees him reaching in his pocket for the educated pasteboards and I gives him the high sign to soft pedal, but he don't mind me. Sundry Accounts "Wow, Spud! put on the soft pedal!" interrupted Sam. The Rover Boys in Alaska or Lost in the Fields of Ice Say, they’d started up a couple of conversations on their own hook—kind of side issue, soft pedal dialogues—and they wa’n’t takin’ the slightest notice of my brilliant efforts. Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe But when they went before a white audience in this particular district he urged Mr. Washington as a matter of common prudence to "soft pedal" what he had to say about lynching. Booker T. Washington Builder of a Civilization The soft pedal should be employed onlyPg 44 when the softness of tone is coupled with a change of colouring, such as lies within its range of action. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z I know'd you by sight an' started in to give you the tip to put the soft pedal on the wiggle stuff, when, zowie! The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest He has been hollering for soft pedal all the time. Joan of Arc of the North Woods He had sort of a soothing, easy way of talking, too, like a church organ with the soft pedal on. Shorty McCabe She went back to the piano, sat down, and with her foot on the soft pedal, that Aunt Anne might not hear, she began to play. The Madigans Does a liberal use of the soft pedal tend to make the student lazy in using a light touch? Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z "Oh!" says she again, and with the soft pedal on. Torchy She was working up into a frenzy which made all her earlier efforts sound like lullabies with the soft pedal on, and she was shaking herself into convulsions and crying real tears. Jane Journeys On It is good to have, but egotism needs the soft pedal when we speak or do things. Evening Round Up More Good Stuff Like Pep Mr. Chester, in fact, being too negative and conservative, acted as a much-needed soft pedal on Quin's noisy aggressiveness. Quin Once More the "Soft" Pedal My piano has a rather loud tone to which my people object, and urge me to play with the soft pedal. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z She muffled the notes with the soft pedal and broke off frequently. The Child of Pleasure Poverty is a soft pedal upon all branches of human activity, not excepting the spiritual, and even the original Puritans, for all their fire, felt its throttling caress. A Book of Prefaces But I could see that even if my intrusion had put the soft pedal on their talk it had also left everything uncomfortably tentative and non-committal. The Prairie Wife The gentle notes of soft pedal music come floating sweetly down. Some Spring Days in Iowa Explain the mechanical action of the damper pedal, and its effect when used; also, that of the soft pedal. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs With the soft pedal down, some one is trying over that gavotte of Rameau's, so full of bewitching melancholy, that I was playing just now. The Child of Pleasure The shifting pedal, or soft pedal as it is popularly called, moves the key-board and action so that the hammer strikes only one or two of the unison strings, leaving the other to vibrate sympathetically. How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art What is that?—a sentiment for the soft pedal! a sentiment of any kind in our times! most of all, a musical sentiment! Piano and Song How to Teach, How to Learn, and How to Form a Judgment of Musical Performances On Dec. 20,1913, we find the "Outlook" "putting the soft pedal" on the public indignation. The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition The soft pedal in the square piano simply interposes a piece of felt between each hammer and its corresponding string or strings. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs Erasmus and his school of gentle reformers always counseled a slackening of the pace and the use of the soft pedal. Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation The trouble was that the soft pedal was getting unbearable. The Miracle Man They come to a piano or pianissimo, and, no longer content with one pedal, they take the soft pedal while the loud pedal is still resounding. Piano and Song How to Teach, How to Learn, and How to Form a Judgment of Musical Performances Morrow never had a sick day in his life, but I stomped both feet on the soft pedal, and pulled out the tremulo stop. Pardners Describe the three methods by which soft tone is obtained from use of soft pedal in the three types of actions. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs Then I went on with my meditations, thinking I had used the soft pedal effectively. Reveries of a Schoolmaster A moment later we heard him splitting wood in the cellar beneath, and indulging in some very hard language with his soft pedal down, Mrs. Keyser being the object of his objurgations. Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot I prefer that the soft pedal should be used but seldom, and, if the pedal which raises the dampers is used at the same time, it must be only with the greatest nicety. Piano and Song How to Teach, How to Learn, and How to Form a Judgment of Musical Performances I got the tremolo stop out and the soft pedal on and made a symphony of it. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 28, 1919 This rail is stationary in the square, not moving toward the strings and shortening the stroke as it does in the upright when the soft pedal is used. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs I've small use for them that would be using the soft pedal always, and seeking to offend no one. Between You and Me I’m always afraid when I’m carrying pianos up-stairs of breaking the soft pedal or dropping a few octaves. The Bicyclers and Three Other Farces Well, now you know—good friends, and the soft pedal on sentiment and drama, eh? The Torrent Entre Naranjos O, that the featherless jaybirds now trying to twitter in long-primer type would apply the soft pedal unto themselves, would add no more to life's dissonance and despair! Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 Take a gentleman's advice and apply the soft pedal to your wheezy calliope—get off the political stage in time to avoid the coming cataclysm of sphacelated cabbage and has-been cats. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 When she applied the soft pedal the Bacchic revel became a silent prayer. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 I started out with the soft pedal on, but things got away from me. Buttered Side Down: Stories Why, it’s a scene to be played with the soft pedal down! The Ways of Men In the room adjoining, under whisper of a very soft pedal, some one, probably a waiting pupil, was playing the indomitable pianoforte composition, "Melody in F." Star-Dust He certainly owes it to the nation to apply the soft pedal to himself. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 I'll apply the soft pedal to the fierce scream of passion and pull all the barbs from the arrows that whiz from the Love God's bow. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 "I'll show you," Duncan told him in the same quiet voice, "what I've got to say if you'll just put the soft pedal on and tell me the amount of that note." The Fortune Hunter But when it's that kind of opinion he ought to put on the soft pedal. The Radio Boys' First Wireless Or Winning the Ferberton Prize "Once in a while," and, soft pedal down, he played a few bars of Marzials' "My True Love Hath My Heart," humming the words in an easy barytone. The Nest Builder Taken altogether, that afternoon's trip is one on which I like to put the soft pedal when harking back in memory. The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring Or, Along the Road That Leads the Way She took me to the piano, and with the soft pedal down, she showed me a new little tone picture she had made up, which was both picturesque and funny. Vicky Van Obediently the composer pounds away, with the soft pedal on, and the writer sings his words so that the composer can hear them. Writing for Vaudeville You are simply smothered in the soft pedal. Jane Allen, Junior She did so, with one little foot on the soft pedal. Tales of the Argonauts He played cautiously at first, with the soft pedal down. A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories Every language has its pedals and its peculiar registers; the Teutonic muse alone can execute these solemn airs which must be played with the soft pedal. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: French novels The gentle hum of the traffic made a pleasant accompaniment to their conversation, as the holding down of a soft pedal fills in and supports dreamy organ music. The Pit Prop Syndicate |
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