una corda

[ oo-nuh kawr-duh; Italian oo-nah kawr-dah ]
/ ˈu nə ˈkɔr də; Italian ˈu nɑ ˈkɔr dɑ /

adverb

with the soft pedal depressed (a musical direction in piano playing).
Compare tre corde.

Origin of una corda

1840–50; < Italian: literally, one string, since depressing the soft pedal shifts the hammers so as to strike only two (orig. one) of the strings provided for each note

Words nearby una corda

British Dictionary definitions for una corda

una corda
/ (ˈuːnə ˈkɔːdə) /

adjective, adverb

music (of the piano) to be played with the soft pedal depressed

Word Origin for una corda

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