una corda - una chorda

Jurgen Goering pianoforte at pianofortesupply.com
Sun Jun 4 20:14:20 MDT 2006


Thanks to all the replies, off list as well as on list.  It seems there 
are three spellings in use, however the overwhelming vote is for "una 
corda".  I'll go with that.

Jurgen Goering
Piano Forte Supply
(250) 754-2440
info at pianofortesupply.com
http://www.pianofortesupply.com

>  In the Harvard Dictionary of Music, it's written as "Una corda [It.]" 
> and explains that it is a direction in music to use the left pedal or 
> soft pedal. Merle Mason (Piano Parts and Their Functions) for some 
> reason spells it unacorda, but others (Reblitz, Larry Fine, et al.) 
> agree with the Harvard Dictionary.
>
>  Tom Cole
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: text/enriched
Size: 647 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060604/12a0d91f/attachment.bin 


More information about the Pianotech mailing list

This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC