Foot bass
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In a keyboard instrument, a foot bass is a keyboard that consists of a set of pedals for the player's feet and is used for the pitch of the bass voice . There are basses for electronic organs, pianos and keyboards. A distinction is made between the technical design of the stub pedal and the full pedal .
Style of play
On keyboard instruments, the bass is usually played with the left hand and the melody part with the right hand. With the help of a footbass built into the instrument or connected to electronic instruments, polyphonic music can be played more easily, since the left hand is now also available for melody voices.
For electronic instruments, there were only footbows with built-in tone generation until the mid-1990s; today there are also modified footbows without tone generation. Bass tones can be programmed with an audio expander . The tone is monophonic with a slight sustain and is cut off as soon as the next tone sounds. Basic waveforms such as sine , triangle or sawtooth can be programmed for certain sounds .
In the vicinity of the footbass pedals, there is usually a foot-operated swell with which the volume of the electronic instruments can be changed.
The foot bass can also be played with electronically enhanced grand pianos or digital pianos, whereby the volume booster can be dispensed with because the piano regulates the volume via the touch dynamics.
In the combination of organ, piano and foot bass, the bass is played with the left foot. The so-called sustain pedal of the piano and the volume pedal of the organ can be operated with the right foot . There are also basses for accordions that have their own bellows and buttons to control their own penetrating tongues .