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  2. Pedal keyboard - Wikipedia

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    The first use of pedals on a pipe organ grew out of the need to hold bass drone notes, to support the polyphonic musical styles that predominated in the Renaissance. Indeed, the term pedal point, which refers to a prolonged bass tone under changing upper harmonies, derives from the use of the organ pedalboard to hold sustained bass notes. [2]

  3. Expression pedal - Wikipedia

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    An organ expression pedal is typically a large pedal, resembling an oversized automobile accelerator, either partially or fully recessed within the organ console and located either directly above or to the right of the organ's pedalboard. As the pedal is pressed forward with the toes, the volume of the sound is increased; as it is depressed ...

  4. Bass pedals - Wikipedia

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    A few of the bass pedals designed to be used with electronic or clonewheel organs have features that operate the upper manual keyboards, such as an expression pedal or swell pedal, which is a treadle-style potentiometer for controlling the volume; buttons to turn on or change the speed of a Leslie speaker, a rotating horn speaker in a cabinet; or program change buttons, which send a MIDI ...

  5. MIDI controller - Wikipedia

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    [5]: 79–80 MIDI capabilities can also be built into traditional keyboard instruments, such as grand pianos [5]: 82 and Rhodes pianos. [6] Pedal keyboards can operate the pedal tones of a MIDI organ, or can drive a bass synthesizer.

  6. Electronic keyboard - Wikipedia

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    MIDI terminals: Most keyboards usually incorporate 5-pin MIDI connections for data communication, typically so the keyboard can be connected with either a computer or another electronic musical instrument, such as a synthesizer, a drum machine or a sound module, allowing it to be used as a MIDI controller. Not all keyboards have conventional ...

  7. Musical keyboard - Wikipedia

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    However, smaller keyboards will typically limit which musical scores can be played). Organs normally have 61 keys per manual, though some spinet models have 44 or 49. An organ pedalboard is a keyboard with long pedals played by the organist's feet. Pedalboards vary in size from 12 to 32 notes or 42 on a touring organ used by Cameron Carpenter.

  8. Crescendo pedal - Wikipedia

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    A crescendo pedal is a large pedal commonly found on medium-sized and larger pipe organs (as well as digital organs), either partially or fully recessed within the organ console. The crescendo pedal incrementally activates stops as it is pressed forward and removes stops as it is depressed backward.

  9. 12 Step foot controller - Wikipedia

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    The 12 step foot controller is the first Keith McMillen Instruments-designed pedal keyboard-style MIDI controller. The 12 Step foot controller is a bass pedal-style programmable MIDI controller pedal keyboard made by Keith McMillen Instruments which was released in 2011. It has small, soft, rubbery keys that are played with the feet.

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