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Definitions of piano in various dictionaries:
noun - a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
noun - (music) low loudness
adj - used chiefly as a direction or description in music
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Cecile Chaminade wrote more than 200 light salon pieces for this musical instrument |
Irving Berlin could play this instrument in 1 key only, so he used a special gadget to help him switch keys |
The giraffe, an upright type of this keyboard instrument, was shaped somewhat like a giraffe's neck |
Mendelssohn's "Songs without Words" were once the most popular pieces for this instrument |
Like her older brother, Jose, Amparo Iturbi was a virtuoso on this |
Van Cliburn |
A musical direction meaning to play softly |
Here are the interior workings of this instrument |
In "The Devil's Dictionary", Bierce called it "A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor" |
Musical instrument in common to the heartthrobs seen here:[Harry Connick, Jr. & Franz Liszt] |
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a large keyboard musical instrument with a wooden case enclosing a soundboard and metal strings, which are struck by hammers when the keys are depressed. The strings' vibration is stopped by dampers when the keys are released and can be regulated for length and volume by two or three pedals. |
a large musical instrument with a row of black and white keys that are pressed to play notes: |
a large musical instrument with a row of black and white keys that are pressed with the fingers to play notes, or this type of instrument generally: |
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. |
In a soft or quiet tone. Used chiefly as a direction. |
A passage to be played softly or quietly. |
a stringed instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds |
(music) low loudness |
used chiefly as a direction or description in music |
used as a direction in music to be played relatively softly |
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The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700 (the exact year is uncertain), in which the strings are struck by hammers. It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys (small levers) that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings. The word piano is a shortened form of pianoforte, the Italian term for the early 1700s versions of the instrument, which in turn derives from gravicembalo col piano e forte and fortepiano. The Italian musical terms piano and forte indicate "soft" and "loud" respectively, in this context referring to the variations in volume (i.e., loudness) produced in response to a pianist's touch or pressure on the keys: the greater the velocity of a key press, the greater the force of the hammer hitting the strings, and the louder the sound of the note produced and the stronger the attack. The first fortepianos in |