una corda

u·na cor·da  (n kôrd)

adv. & adj. Music

With the soft pedal of the piano depressed. Used chiefly as a direction.

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[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).]

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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]