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u⋅na cor⋅da
[oo-nuh kawr-duh; It. oo-nah kawr-dah] 
–noun
| with the soft pedal depressed (a musical direction in piano playing). |
Origin:
1840–50; < It: lit., 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
1840–50; < It: lit., 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
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| u·na cor·da (ōō'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).] |
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