una corda in a sentence

Examples

1. On the modern piano, the una corda pedal makes the hammers of the treble section hit two strings instead of three.
2. During this statement of the subject in the bass the pianist is instructed to gradually raise the " una corda " pedal.
3. The very term " una corda ", Italian for " one string ", is thus an anachronism as applied to modern pianos.
4. The sound of the una corda on early pianos created a larger difference in color and timbre than it does on the modern piano.
5. This piano had two knee levers which were Janissary stops for bell and drum, and four pedals for una corda, bassoon, dampers, and moderator.
6. This original German inventions from the early 20th century was widely introduced in the USA in the 1920s and permitted individual key dynamics and real " una corda " pedal effects.
7. When the una corda was activated, the entire action shifted to the right so that the hammers hit one string ( una corda ) instead of two strings ( due corde ).
8. When the una corda was activated, the entire action shifted to the right so that the hammers hit one string ( una corda ) instead of two strings ( due corde ).
9. Modern pianos usually have three pedals, from left to right, the soft pedal ( or una corda ), the sostenuto pedal, and the sustaining pedal ( or damper pedal ).
10. This theme is heard both solo ( i . e ., in a single octave ), and in quiet ( " una corda " ) octaves on both ends of the piano.