PEDAL POINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pedal point mean? 

• PEDAL POINT (noun)
  The noun PEDAL POINT has 1 sense:

1. a sustained bass note

  Familiarity information: PEDAL POINT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEDAL POINT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sustained bass note

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

pedal; pedal point

Hypernyms ("pedal point" is a kind of...):

musical note; note; tone (a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound)