"soft pedal" meaning in English

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        "The leftmost foot-pedal on most pianos which, when pushed, dampens the strings and so softens the note played."
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        "(music, also attributively) The leftmost foot-pedal on most pianos which, when pushed, dampens the strings and so softens the note played."
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          "sense": "leftmost foot-pedal on most pianos which softens the note played",
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      "word": "hiljennyspedaali"
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