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piano

1

[pee-an-oh, pyan-oh]

noun

plural

pianos 
  1. a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.



piano

2

[pee-ah-noh, pyah-naw]

adjective

  1. soft; subdued.

adverb

  1. softly. p, p.

piano

1

/ ɪˈæəʊ /

noun

  1. a musical stringed instrument resembling a harp set in a vertical or horizontal frame, played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike the strings and produce audible vibrations See also grand piano upright piano

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piano

2

/ ˈɑːəʊ /

adjective

  1. p.music (to be performed) softly

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Piano

3

/ ˈɑԴ /

noun

  1. Renzo. born 1937, Italian architect; buildings include the Pompidou Centre, Paris (1977; with Richard Rogers), the Potsdamer Platz redevelopment, Berlin (1998), and The Shard, London (2012)

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piano

  1. 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of piano1

First recorded in 1795–1805; short for pianoforte

Origin of piano2

1675–85; < Italian: soft, low (of sounds), plain, flat < Latin Գܲ plain 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of piano1

C19: short for pianoforte

Origin of piano2

C17: from Italian, from Latin Գܲ flat; see plain 1
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“We had some drinks in us, we had the piano, we were improvising songs …  Rene fell on the ground trying to pants Ken,” said Barbosa.

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“Pulsing Lifters,” in an arrangement for two pianos and harpsichord, is like a delicate dew.

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When we take the band out, I have a little white piano onstage, like the one he played in the past.

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At some shows, he would simply sit at the piano and stare into space, or get up after a few songs and wander backstage.

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“I’d play a little bit from the Leonard Bernstein recording, then I’d go to my piano, then back to Bernstein, then back to my piano, until I got the whole thing down.”

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