una corda – Definition in music

Definition of the Italian term una corda in music:

one string
on piano an indication to depress the soft pedal (the left pedal on a piano that softens the tone)

Language

Italian

Variant

una corde

Abbreviation

u.c.

Italian musical terms that include una corda:

a una corda – for one string...
pedale una corda – soft pedal (the left pedal on a piano that softens...
sempre una corda – always with the soft pedal (the left pedal on a pi...
sopra una corda – on one string
su una corda – on one string

Music scores that include una corda:

Franz Liszt: Liebesträume (1850) Page 1
Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 (1949‑1961) Page 2
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in C-sharp minor (1830) Page 1
Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos (1867‑1886) Page 5
Harvey Worthington Loomis: Lyrics of the Red Man (1904) Page 11
Johannes Brahms: 6 Klavierstücke (1893) Page 5
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3 (1794‑1795) Page 5
Léo Delibes: Les filles de Cadix (1874) Page 1

Italian musical terms related to una corda:

a tre corde – on two strings...
col pedale – with the pedal
con due pedali – with two pedals (on piano usually an indication to...
con pedale – with the pedal (with the damper pedal)
corda – string (of a string instrument)
due corde – two strings...
due pedali – two pedals (on piano usually an indication to use ...
mettete le pedali – put down the pedals
pedale come nella prima parte – pedal like in the first part
pedale sempre ad ogni – always depress the pedal at every
sempre col pedale – always with the pedal
sempre con pedale – always with pedal
sempre pedale – always with pedal
sempre senza pedale – always without pedal
senza pedale – without pedal
staccato e senza pedale – staccato (short and detached notes) and without pe...
stretto pedale – fast pedal (indicating a piano passage with freque...
tenuto per il pedale – held with the pedal (hold the chord by depressing ...
tre corde – three strings...
tutte corde – all strings...
tutte le corde – all the strings...
una – a, an...