Editing Pedal keyboard (section)

{{short description|Musical keyboard played with the feet, usually used for low-pitched notes}}
[[Image:Pedalboard-30.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The 30-note pedalboard of a [[Rieger Orgelbau|Rieger]] organ]]

A '''pedalboard''' (also called a '''pedal keyboard''', '''pedal clavier''', or, with electronic instruments, a '''bass pedalboard'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hammondorgan.co.uk/bass.htm |title=Hammond XPK100 MIDI Bass Pedals |website=www.hammondorgan.co.uk |access-date=24 April 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719080145/http://www.hammondorgan.co.uk/bass.htm |archive-date=19 July 2017}}</ref>) is a [[musical keyboard|keyboard]] played with the [[feet]] that is usually used to produce the low-pitched [[bass line]] of a piece of music. A pedalboard has long, narrow lever-style keys laid out in the same semitone scalar pattern as a [[Musical keyboard|manual keyboard]], with longer keys for C, D, E, F, G, A, and B, and shorter, raised keys for C{{music|sharp}}, D{{music|sharp}}, F{{music|sharp}}, G{{music|sharp}} and A{{music|sharp}}. Training in pedal technique is part of standard organ pedagogy in church music and art music.

Pedalboards are found at the base of the [[organ console|console]] of most [[pipe organ]]s, [[pedal piano]]s, [[theatre organ]]s, and [[electronic organ]]s. Standalone pedalboards such as the 1970s-era [[Moog Taurus]] [[bass pedals]] are occasionally used in [[progressive rock]] and [[fusion jazz|fusion]] music. In the 21st century, [[MIDI]] pedalboard controllers are used with synthesizers, [[Clonewheel organ|electronic Hammond-style organs]], and with digital pipe organs. Pedalboards are also used with [[pedal piano]]s and with some [[harpsichord]]s, [[clavichord]]s, and [[carillon]]s (church bells).