overpedalled
/ˌoʊvərˈpɛdəld/
verb
- Past tense of overpedal: used the sustain pedal on a piano too much.
- She realized she had overpedalled when the music sounded like a loud hum.
- He overpedalled the entire sonata, and the performance lacked clarity.
- The student overpedalled during the exam, causing the chords to blur together.
adjective
- Describing music or a performance that has been played with excessive use of the sustain pedal.
- Critics called the recording overpedalled and lacking in articulation.
- The overpedalled passage was hard to follow because the notes overlapped too much.
- An overpedalled performance can ruin the delicate phrasing of a classical piece.
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