answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

If you're referring to the Ballet step 'soutenu', which means 'sustained' in French, then this step involved bending the knee of your supporting leg whilst extending your other leg along the ground in a tendu, in any direction, and sliding it along the floor to the next position (like a rond de jambe) before straightening your knee.

Being more general, this could mean lengthening each step or move so that they flow together more smoothly, or maintaining muscle tension in a step.

User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar
More answers
User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

Sustenuto, you just answered it yourself. It means sustained. It is usually the right pedal of the piano, and it allows you to sustain the sound of notes while still playing.

There is also fermata, which also means sustained. In fermata, you hold the note(s) longer than the note value written.

However, there is no formal term "sustained" in music. If you mean by how a long a note can be sustained, I can show you with an example. If you play a note on the piano, how long it sustains means how long you can still hear the note without playing it again.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

A sustained note is one that is played for a long time.

This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What does sustained mean in music?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What does sostenuto mean in music?

Sostenuto means "sustained" or "prolonged." It means that the notes are held longer than their normal length.


What does SR mean in a precription?

Sustained Release.


What does LTSYC mean?

Long-Term Sustained Yield Capacity


What does yammered mean?

Loud and sustained or repetitive noise.


What does a effect mean?

Something that is 'sustained' lasts (prolonged for an extended period or without interruption) - therefore a sustained effect would be an effect that lasted.


What is mean by sustained intonation?

Sustained intonation refers to the ability to maintain a consistent pitch or tone quality over a prolonged period of time when singing or playing a musical instrument. It requires control and stability in producing sound without wavering or changing in pitch. This is important in maintaining the overall quality and expressiveness of the music being performed.


What does sustained and overruled mean?

sustained means: that the judge agrees with the objection and the witness does not have to answer the question Overruled means: that the judge disagrees with the objection and the witness DOES have to answer the question


What is 'molto sostenuto' when translated from Italian to English?

Molto sostenuto in Italian means "much sustained" in Italian music terminology.


Why small businesses are associated with entrepreneurship?

What do you mean by corporate culture? How is it formed? How is it sustained?


What does a style of sustained elevation mean?

let me guess...is this for epic characteristics and conventions?


What does sustain mean in life?

Depending on what you mean. To Sustain soming is to give with it . Example: I sustained a broken ankle! If your talking about life on its own, if you going thru difficult times, and your still going thru it not giving up. You have sustained life.


What does it mean when a judge rules motion to enlarge time sustained?

It means that someone has asked (made a motion) for some time period to be extended, and the judge has agreed to (sustained) the request