<classSpec ident="att.pedal.log" module="MEI.cmn" type="atts">
<desc xml:lang="en">Logical domain attributes.</desc>
<classes>
<memberOf key="att.controlEvent"/>
<memberOf key="att.startEndId"/>
<memberOf key="att.timestamp2.log"/>
</classes>
<attList>
<attDef ident="dir" usage="req">
<gloss xml:lang="en">direction</gloss>
<desc xml:lang="en">Records the position of the piano damper pedal.</desc>
<valList type="closed">
<valItem ident="down">
<desc xml:lang="en">Depress the pedal.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="up">
<desc xml:lang="en">Release the pedal.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="half">
<desc xml:lang="en">Half pedal.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="bounce">
<desc xml:lang="en">Release then immediately depress the pedal.</desc>
</valItem>
</valList>
</attDef>
<attDef ident="func" usage="opt">
<gloss xml:lang="en">function</gloss>
<desc xml:lang="en">Indicates the function of the depressed pedal, but not necessarily the text associated
with its use. Use the
<gi scheme="MEI">dir</gi> element for such text.</desc>
<datatype>
<rng:data type="NMTOKEN"/>
</datatype>
<valList type="semi">
<valItem ident="sustain">
<desc xml:lang="en">The sustain pedal, also referred to as the "damper" pedal, allows the piano
strings to vibrate sympathetically with the struck strings. It is the right-most and
the most frequently used pedal on modern pianos.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="soft">
<desc xml:lang="en">The soft pedal, sometimes called the "una corda", "piano", or "half-blow" pedal,
reduces the volume and modifies the timbre of the piano. On the modern piano, it is
the left-most pedal.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="sostenuto">
<desc xml:lang="en">The sostenuto or tone-sustaining pedal allows notes already undamped to continue
to ring while other notes are damped normally; that is, on their release by the
fingers. This is usually the center pedal of the modern piano.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="silent">
<desc xml:lang="en">The silent or practice pedal mutes the volume of the piano so that one may
practice quietly. It is sometimes a replacement for the sostenuto pedal, especially
on
an upright or vertical instrument.</desc>
</valItem>
</valList>
</attDef>
</attList>
</classSpec>