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no a pedal point can be on any note or chord, in any voice that said in tonal music a pedal other than tonic or dominant is quite rare. - the supertonic (2nd scale degree) only really appears as a fifth above the dominant, turning a pedal point into a pedal chord. - a mediant (3rd scale degree) pedal is only likely to appear in the middle voices, usually in sections where the harmony oscillates between I and vi/iii. (a good example of a mediant pedal is Laurie Anderson's O Superman) - a subdominant (4th scale degree) pedal will sometimes happen in preparation for a strong perfect authentic cadence, due to the emphasis placed on the subdominant as a preparation for the dominant, or sometimes after said cadence by way of coda (a plagal "Amen" cadence), often involving modal mixture. (i'm pretty sure there's a good one near the end of the Hammerklavier) - if there are any pieces with submediant or leading tone pedals i'm not aware of them - ok i lied. there are submediant pedals all over the finale of beethoven's string quartet op. 59 no. 2 - a tonic pedal strongly confirms the key, particularly in a section where the harmony oscillates between I and IV (for an even stronger confirmation/stabilization use the tonic plus the dominant (see Schumann's Romanze op. 28 no. 2)) - a dominant pedal in an interior voice also confirms the key, particularly in a section where the harmony oscillates between I and V (see Schubert's Sonata d. 960) - a dominant pedal in the bass increases tension, acting as a preparation for I (see the waldstein sonata) if you're not writing music that adheres to common practice tonality you can do whatever makes sense according to the established "rules" of your piece though

ermm...its good, but u need to fill it out more, its very sparse - makes for a very uneventful piece of music. also try to have less repitition with your pianos left hand (1.10) . try to give your music some more direction, it seems sort of "lost" to me. rambling. also youve a few bad clashes between notes in your harmony- notably around 4.35. im assuming it wasnt intentional because this doesnt strike me as that kind of piece. and maybe fix the drums toward the end. they make no sense at all. "symphonic" wouldnt be the word id use to describe it to be totally honest, but not a bad attempt. btw a score of some kind would help people to give you critique.