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Definition of Piano
1. Noun. A keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds.
Exact synonyms: Forte-piano, Pianoforte
Terms within: Fall-board, Fallboard, Keyboard, Piano Action, Clavier, Fingerboard, Piano Keyboard, Soft Pedal, Soundboard, Sounding Board, Loud Pedal, Sustaining Pedal
Specialized synonyms: Grand, Grand Piano, Mechanical Piano, Pianola, Player Piano, Upright, Upright Piano
Generic synonyms: Keyboard Instrument, Percussion Instrument, Percussive Instrument, Stringed Instrument
Derivative terms: Pianist, Pianistic, Pianistic
Terms within: Fall-board, Fallboard, Keyboard, Piano Action, Clavier, Fingerboard, Piano Keyboard, Soft Pedal, Soundboard, Sounding Board, Loud Pedal, Sustaining Pedal
Specialized synonyms: Grand, Grand Piano, Mechanical Piano, Pianola, Player Piano, Upright, Upright Piano
Generic synonyms: Keyboard Instrument, Percussion Instrument, Percussive Instrument, Stringed Instrument
Derivative terms: Pianist, Pianistic, Pianistic
2. Adjective. Used chiefly as a direction or description in music. "The piano passages in the composition"
3. Adverb. Used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly.
4. Noun. (music) low loudness.
Exact synonyms: Pianissimo
Generic synonyms: Softness
Category relationships: Music
Derivative terms: Pianissimo
Generic synonyms: Softness
Category relationships: Music
Derivative terms: Pianissimo
Definition of Piano
1. a. & adv. Soft; -- a direction to the performer to execute a certain passage softly, and with diminished volume of tone. (Abbrev. p.)
2. n. A well-known musical instrument somewhat resembling the harpsichord, and consisting of a series of wires of graduated length, thickness, and tension, struck by hammers moved by keys.
Definition of Piano
1. a musical instrument [n -NOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Piano
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