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piano
1[pee-an-oh, pyan-oh]
noun
plural
pianosa musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
piano
2[pee-ah-noh, pyah-naw]
adjective
soft; subdued.
adverb
softly. p, p.
piano
1/ ɪˈæəʊ /
noun
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
piano
2/ ˈɑːəʊ /
adjective
p.music (to be performed) softly
Piano
3/ ˈɑԴ /
noun
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)
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.
Word History and Origins
Origin of piano1
Word History and Origins
Origin of piano1
Origin of piano2
Example Sentences
“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.
“Pulsing Lifters,” in an arrangement for two pianos and harpsichord, is like a delicate dew.
When we take the band out, I have a little white piano onstage, like the one he played in the past.
At some shows, he would simply sit at the piano and stare into space, or get up after a few songs and wander backstage.
“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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