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Literally two is bigger than one; three is bigger than two. Una corda is the left pedal. Tre corde is open pedal, so what's due corde?
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It does mean two strings.
Maby refering do how the una corda pedal works on modern pianos where it usualy hits two strings, or old hammerklaviers where you cold chose how many strings by how far you pressed down the left pedal. Used in the slow movement of beethoven's 4th piano concerto to go from 1 to 3 sting, Or as he said "more and more strings" i think.
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Early pianos didn't have three strings per key, so 'due corde' means release the 'una corda' pedal.
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It does mean two strings.
Maby refering do how the una corda pedal works on modern pianos where it usualy hits two strings, or old hammerklaviers where you cold chose how many strings by how far you pressed down the left pedal. Used in the slow movement of beethoven's 4th piano concerto to go from 1 to 3 sting, Or as he said "more and more strings" i think. To quote from the Peters edition of the score (2nd movement on the long trills that close that movement) - "due e poi tre corde" - "a 3 corde" - "due poi una corda" Regards,
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Also in Op110, the inverted fugue section, Beethoven indicates a gradual change from una corda to all strings. Beethoven's pianos had more flexibility than the modern grand.
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