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pi·an·o1
Audio Help [pee-an-oh, pyan-oh] Pronunciation Key
Audio Help [pee-an-oh, pyan-oh] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -an·os.
| a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings. |
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pi·a·no2
Audio Help [pee-ah-noh; It. pyah-naw] Pronunciation Key Music.
Audio Help [pee-ah-noh; It. pyah-naw] Pronunciation Key Music. –adjective
–adverb
| 1. | soft; subdued. |
| 2. | softly. Abbreviation: p, p. |
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| pi·an·o 1
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n. pl. pi·an·os A musical instrument with a manual keyboard actuating hammers that strike wire strings, producing sounds that may be softened or sustained by means of pedals. [Italian, short for pianoforte; see pianoforte.] |
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| pi·a·no 2
Audio Help (pē-ä'nō, pyä'-) Pronunciation Key
adv. & adj. Abbr. p In a soft or quiet tone. Used chiefly as a direction. n. pl. pi·a·nos A passage to be played softly or quietly. [Italian, from Late Latin plānus, smooth, graceful, from Latin, flat; see pelə-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
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piano (n.)
1803, from Fr. piano, It. piano, shortened forms of pianoforte (q.v.). As an adv., "softly," in musical directions (superl. pianissimo), attested from 1683. Pianist is recorded from 1839, from Fr. pianiste, from It. pianista.
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| piano | |
adjective | |
| 1. | used chiefly as a direction or description in music; "the piano passages in the composition" [ant: forte] |
adverb | |
| 1. | used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly [ant: forte] |
noun | |
| 1. | a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds |
| 2. | (music) low loudness |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
piano [piˈӕnəu] noun — plural piˈanos
a large musical instrument played by pressing keys which make hammers strike stretched wires
Example: She plays the piano very well; (also adjective) piano music
See also: grand piano, pianist, pianoforte, piano-accordionExample: She plays the piano very well; (also adjective) piano music
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piano
A musical direction meaning “to be performed softly”; the opposite of forte. As the name of a musical instrument, it is short for pianoforte.
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Piano
Pi`a*ni"no\, n. [It., dim. of piano, adj. See Piano.] (Mus.) A pianette, or small piano.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Piano
Pi*a"no\, a. & adv. [It., even, smooth, soft, fr. L. planus even, level.] (Mus.) Soft; -- a direction to the performer to execute a certain passage softly, and with diminished volume of tone. (Abbrev. p.)| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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