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UK
/pɪˈænəʊ/
]
[ US /piˈænə, piˈænoʊ/ ]
[ US /piˈænə, piˈænoʊ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
(used chiefly as a direction or description in music) soft; in a quiet, subdued tone
the piano passages in the composition
ADVERB
- used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly
NOUN
- a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
- (music) low loudness
How To Use piano In A Sentence
- I play the piano, so it is natural for me to think ‘harmonically’ a lot of the time (one can hear harmonies instantly on a piano; also mainstream jazz is extremely harmony driven).
- The eight romances for saxophone and piano are indeed romantic.
- They had to make do with kitchen tuffets, orange boxes, a piano stool and a rocking chair borrowed from next door.
- How about a nice sing-along around the piano?
- Neither Chout, turned down initially by Diaghilev, nor the piano concerto, rejected comprehensively by its muse Paul Wittgenstein the LPO's soloist was Leon Fleisher, quite banished that impression of mechanical note-spinning. LPO/Jurowski; Betrothal in a Monastery; Psappha ensemble; SCO/Ticciati – review
- Artemesia moved to the pianoforte that was along one of the walls, and sat down on the bench, facing away from the instrument and towards Scott.
- Not incidentally — one of the best 1930s fake-modern piano concerti ever tossed into a film. Proof through the night
- Bley plays acoustic piano in duo with Steve Swallow, and their rapport projects extraordinary warmth on this delightful album.
- The dust now lay in a thick layer on her piano.
- He has here at home a harpsichord, forte-piano, harmonica, guitar, violin, and German flutes, and at Williamsburg, he has a good pipe organ. Colonial Children
