What's another name for the sostenuto pedal?
Every pedal except the sostenuto pedal also has an English name. Sostenuto means "sustained" in Italian, according to Wikipedia.
Another reason for an English word to replace the word "sostenuto" is that it has 4 syllables while the other pedal names have fewer (the soft pedal has 1, the damper pedal has 2)
Every other pedal has an English name. What's another name for the sostenuto? (Please make sure the name is in English.)
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I've heard it referred to as the "sustain pedal" plenty of times.
(This looks like way too short of an answer, but I don't see how to beef it up...)
Nope, just 'Sostenuto pedal'. The only alternative might be 'middle pedal' - but a middle pedal can be other things.
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