Three peddles on a piano?

Question

What dose each peddle do on a Piano.

Answer 1

Wow, okay. Most of these people are very wrong, or they quoted straight out of wikipedia, making for an answer that isn't really clear.

So the way the piano works is that when you push a key, a hammer strikes the string. Now normally there is a damper sitting against the string. When you push a key, this damper lifts up, the hammer hits the key, and the damper doesn't go back down until you take you stop pressing the key down. So as long as you're holding the key down, the note will be sounding. This doesn't last forever, of course, but certainly a lot longer than just letting go.

Now, the most common pedal, the one that's on the very right (the damper pedal, or sustaining pedal), what that does is it lifts all those dampers off the strings. That way, you can sustain the sound caused by the hammer hitting the string without having to hold the key down, because no dampers will stop the sound once you stop holding the note because the pedal is keeping them all up.

The next most common pedal is the one on the very left (the soft pedal, or the una corda pedal). As is obvious by the name, this pedal allows you to play very softly. How it does this is when you push it, all the hammers on the piano will shift so that it's supposed to be hitting only 1 string, instead of 3, or it will move the hammers themselves closer to the strings.

The middle pedal (the sostenuto), that works on the same principle as the very first pedal (the one on the right). However, instead of raising all the dampers, it will keep only the dampers raised on the key(s) you have pushed down.

Sweet?

Answer 2

well i own a keyboard so i wouldnt be able to tell you but it's probably changing the tune. if u get a keyboard it will so much easy. just learn those notes and then go to a real big piano and dont worry about the peddles.

Answer 3

one on the right is the sustain pedal, soft pedal on the left, one in the middle is the 'sostenuto' pedal (The sostenuto pedal or "middle pedal" keeps raised any damper that was raised at the moment the pedal is depressed. This makes it possible to sustain some notes (by depressing the sostenuto pedal before notes to be sustained are released) while the player's hands are free to play other notes.)

Answer 4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano has a great description of the pedals

the right pedal is the sustaining pedal (also known as the damper pedal) it causes the sound of the key to be sustained, it will not be dampered so it will not be cut off. the wire will vibrate until it naturally fades

the left and middle pedal cause the sounds to be softer

Answer 5

The three peddles are for people that don't have hands.

Answer 6

Make the sound of the key you press longer.

Answer 7

the one on the right makes it hold out
the one in the middle makes it quiet
the one on the left makes it stacatto

Answer 8

the one on the left mutes it, the middle also mutes it even more, though, and the right holds the note.

Answer 9

one makes the sound drawn out longer one makes it shoter and i have no idea what the other one does

Answer 10

first is for louder sound second is for more silent the third is for shorter sound