David et al, According to the Harvard Dictionary: "...direction to use the left pedal(soft pedal; F. pedale douce; G. Verschiebung), which, by moving the entire action, keyboard, and hammers to strike a single string (in modern instruments usually two strings) instead of all three. The indication is canceled by tre corde or tutte le corde. Beethoven, the first composer to use the indication una corda, calls for not only a gradual increase in volume (una corda, due, e poi tre corde; G major Concerto op 58, slow mvt), but a gradual execution of the shift...." thought that might clear things up a bit... will wickham your musical theorist/historian for the day. On Mar 15, 2004, at 11:43 PM, David Love wrote: > Since the una corda shifts and hits two strings, why is it called the > una > corda rather than the due corda. I assumed that this might have been > because in the early days there were only two string unisons, so that > when > the una corda was depressed it did, in fact, strike only one string. > If > that were true, then why, when the una corda is released, is the > instruction given as "tre corda". > > Clear this one up for me please. > > > David Love > davidlovepianos@earthlink.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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