mettere la sordina
Definition of the Italian term mettere la sordina in music:
- put the mute on
- on piano: either release the sustain pedal (especially in music from the 18th to 19th century) or depress the soft pedal (especially in later music)
Language
Italian
Singular
mettere la sordina
Plural
mettere le sordine
Variant
mettere sordina
Abbreviation
mettere la sord.
Related terms
Italian musical terms related to mettere la sordina:
- col sordino – with mute...
- colle sordine – with mute...
- con sordina – with mute...
- con sordino – with mute...
- corno sordo – muted horn
- la – the (used before a feminine noun beginning with a ...
- largo con sordino – slow with mute...
- mettere – to put, to place, to set
- mettete i sordini – put the mute on...
- quasi con sordino – as if with mute