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piano

33 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) piano (adverb or adjective)
  2. 2) piano (noun)
  3. Piano (biographical name)
  4. piano accordion (noun)
  5. piano assai (adverb or adjective)
  6. piano bar (noun)
  7. piano hinge (noun)
  8. piano legs (noun plural)
  9. piano nobile (noun)
  10. piano organ (noun)
  11. piano player (noun)
  12. piano quartet (noun)
  13. piano score (noun)
  14. piano-violin (noun)
  15. piano wire (noun)
  16. cabinet piano (noun)
  17. Chicago piano (noun)
  18. cottage piano
  19. dumb piano (noun)
  20. forte-piano (adverb or adjective)
  21. grand piano (noun)
  22. il più piano (adjective or adverb)
  23. Kaffir piano (noun)
  24. mezzo piano (adjective or adverb)
  25. pedal piano (noun)
  26. player piano (noun)
  27. square piano (noun)
  28. street piano (noun)
  29. stride piano (noun)
  30. thumb piano (noun)

1pi·a·no

adv or adj \pē-ˈä-(ˌ)nō\

Definition of PIANO

: at a soft volume : soft —used as a direction in music
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Origin of PIANO

Italian, from Late Latin planus smooth, from Latin, level — more at floor
First Known Use: 1683

Other Music Terms

cacophony, chorister, concerto, counterpoint, madrigal, obbligato, presto, presto, refrain, riff, segue

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