sord ell in a (sor-del-le'-na) It. n

An Italian bagpipe furnished with ing tion or the hold ingorthro tone chor d so its marked. ugh four pipes. See also bagpipe. 2. Gradually retarded in tjmeLAn this sense usually combined witn 508 489 sostenuto sous-chantre other expre ions denoting rate of cal instrument designed to increase speed, as andante sostenuto. the volume of sound, as the body of a 3. When used alone as an indication violin, of rate of speed, its meaning is about sound post equivalent to andante. In this sense In instruments of the violin family, it takes on the significance of pro the slender cylindrical wooden prop longed, dwelt upon. Abbr. sos., sost. which is inserted between the top and bottom of the instrument nearly under