Piano

  • 61piano — [19] Piano is short for pianoforte [18], a term borrowed from Italian which means literally ‘softloud’. It was a lexicalization of an epithet (piano e forte ‘soft and loud’) applied in the early 18th century to a new sort of harpsichord whose… …

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  • 62Piano — сокр. р. музыкальный термин, требующий исполнения тихого, слабого, Pianissimo (сокр. рр.) очень слабого. Pianissimo quanto possibile (ppp) слабейшего исполнения. Piano Forte (pf.) требует исполнения ноты forte после ноты piano. Pianoforte… …

    Энциклопедический словарь Ф.А. Брокгауза и И.А. Ефрона

  • 63piano — forte piano piano …

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  • 64Piano — Pi|a|no das; s, s <aus gleichbed. fr. piano, verkürzt aus piano forte, vgl. ↑Pianoforte>: 1. (veraltend, noch scherzh.) Klavier. 2. (Plur. auch ...ni) schwaches, leises Spielen od. Singen (Mus.) …

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  • 65piano — adj British faint, delicate, under the weather or indisposed. This upper class expression derives from the Italian musical term piano, which is an instruction to play or sing softly. The British speaker s pro nunciation, in imitation of the… …

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  • 66piano*/*/ — [piˈænəʊ] noun [C] a large musical instrument with a row of black and white KEYS that you press Do you play the piano?[/ex] She was accompanied by Helen on piano.[/ex] …

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  • 67Piano — das Piano, s (Mittelstufe) Musikinstrument mit schwarzen und weißen Tasten, dessen Saiten von Hämmerchen angeschlagen werden, Klavier Beispiel: In seiner Freizeit spielt er oft Piano …

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  • 68piano — I. adverb or adjective Etymology: Italian, from Late Latin planus smooth, from Latin, level more at floor Date: 1683 at a soft volume ; soft used as a direction in music II. noun (plural pianos) Etymology: Italian, short for pianoforte, from g …

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  • 69PIANO — adv. T. de Musique emprunté de l’italien. Doucement. Jouer piano …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 70piano — 1. noun A keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings. Syn: pianoforte 2. adjective Soft. Used as …

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