[oo-nuh kawr-duh; It. oo-nah kawr-dah] 
| with the soft pedal depressed (a musical direction in piano playing). |
| 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).] |