una corda


u·na cor·da

U0019600 (o͞o′nə kôr′də)adv. & adj. Music With the soft pedal of the piano depressed. Used chiefly as a direction.
[Italian : una, one + corda, string (so called because depressing the soft pedal causes only one string to be struck of the two or three provided for each note).]

una corda

(ˈuːnə ˈkɔːdə) adj, adv (Music, other) music (of the piano) to be played with the soft pedal depressed[Italian, literally: one string; the pedal moves the mechanism so that only one string of the three tuned to each note is struck by the hammer]

u•na cor•da

(ˈu nə ˈkɔr də, -dɑ)
adv., adj. with the soft pedal depressed (a musical direction in piano playing). [1840–50; < Italian]