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sordino

[ sawr-dee-noh; Italian sawr-dee-naw ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Music.

, plural sor·di·ni [sawr-, dee, -nee, saw, r, -, dee, -nee].

sordino

/ sɔːˈdiːnəʊ /

a mute for a stringed or brass musical instrument
any of the dampers that arrest the vibrations of piano strings
con sordino
con sordinocon sordini a musical direction to play with a mute
senza sordino
senza sordinosenza sordini a musical direction to remove or play without the mute or (on the piano) with the sustaining pedal pressed down

Origin of sordino¹

1795–1805; < Italian: a mute, equivalent to sordo (< Latin surdus deaf ) + -ino -ine ¹

Origin of sordino¹

Italian: from sordo deaf, from Latin surdus

A sordino, or pochette, by "Baptista Bressano," supposed to date from the end of the fifteenth century.

Another modification of tone is caused by placing a tiny instrument called a sordino, or mute, upon the bridge.

Con sordino and pizzicato passages occur as often for the cello as for the violin.

A sordino, or boat-shaped pochette; English, seventeenth century.

He was using a sordino and playing it very softly; but I was not mistaken.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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