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
un,
un-,
un-american,
un-english,
una,
una corda,
una corda pedal,
unabashed,
unabated,
unable,
unabridged
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