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Piano pedal marks
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Piano pedal marks
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Piano pedal marks are somewhat different than
<A HREF="textmark.html">other similar Mup statements.</A>
Rather than having begintime, text, and duration, each
item is just a time offset value, plus an optional "*". If no pedal mark
is currently in progress, the first time offset value indicates where the
pedal is depressed. Any subsequent pedal items on that staff will then
indicate a "blip"--lifting and then immediately depressing the pedal
(which is indicated on the printed music by a "^"), unless there is a "*",
in which case it means to lift the pedal and leave it up.
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Some examples may help:
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1: c;d;e;2.g;
2: 1.ceg;
// depress pedal on beat 1, release on 3
pedal 2: 1; 3*;
bar
1: g;d;e;f;g;;
2: 1.gdb-;
// depress pedal on 2, release and depress
// on 4, release on 6
pedal below 2: 2; 4; 6*;
bar
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<A HREF="param.html#pedstyle">See also the "pedstyle" parameter.</A>
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