una cordan.

/ˈuːnə ˈkɔːdə/

Etymology: Italian, = one string.

Music.

As a direction in music for the piano, etc.: use the soft pedal (which on grand pianos softens the tone by shifting the hammers so as to strike only one or two strings instead of two or three for each note). Also attributive, designating such a pedal mechanism. Cf. soft pedal n. and adj.

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una corda1849

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una corda1961

1849 Hamilton's Celebrated Dict. (at cited word) Una corda (Italian). Implies that a passage is to be played upon only one string.

1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 444/1 Un, Una, Uno (Italian), one; as Una corda, one string.

1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. at Pedal n. The direction una corda signifies simply the use of this [shifting] pedal.

1931 D. F. Tovey Compan. Beethoven's Pianoforte Sonatas xxix. 140 Beethoven's double shift from tre corda through due corda to una corda.

1961 C. Clutton in A. C. Baines Musical Instruments through Ages 89 The essentials of the modern pianoforte action:..double action, a check, an escapement, and an una corda mechanism.

1979 Sci. Amer. Jan. 99/2 To prevent this the piano is equipped with the una corda pedal, whose mechanical function is to shift the entire keyboard so that a hammer strikes only two strings of a unison triplet.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	una corda
释义	una cordan. /ˈuːnə ˈkɔːdə/ Etymology: Italian, = one string. Music. As a direction in music for the piano, etc.: use the soft pedal (which on grand pianos softens the tone by shifting the hammers so as to strike only one or two strings instead of two or three for each note). Also attributive, designating such a pedal mechanism. Cf. soft pedal n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > directions > [adverb] > for piano una corda1849 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [adjective] > soft pedal una corda1961 1849 Hamilton's Celebrated Dict. (at cited word) Una corda (Italian). Implies that a passage is to be played upon only one string. 1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 444/1 Un, Una, Uno (Italian), one; as Una corda, one string. 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. at Pedal n. The direction una corda signifies simply the use of this [shifting] pedal. 1931 D. F. Tovey Compan. Beethoven's Pianoforte Sonatas xxix. 140 Beethoven's double shift from tre corda through due corda to una corda. 1961 C. Clutton in A. C. Baines Musical Instruments through Ages 89 The essentials of the modern pianoforte action:..double action, a check, an escapement, and an una corda mechanism. 1979 Sci. Amer. Jan. 99/2 To prevent this the piano is equipped with the una corda pedal, whose mechanical function is to shift the entire keyboard so that a hammer strikes only two strings of a unison triplet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1849
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