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Look up: piano

  1. piano
    [adj] - used chiefly as a direction or description in music 2. [adv] - used as a direction in music 3. [n] - (music) low loudness 4. [n] - a stringed instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. piano
    with a keyboard and strings struck by hammers; a keyboard instrument combining the clavichord`s power of accentuation, crescendo, diminuendo, and cantabile with the force and brilliance of the harpsichord Category: General
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Piano
    Pi·a'no adjective & adverb [ Italian , even, smooth, soft, from Latin planus even, level.] (Mus.) Soft; -- a direction to the performer to execute a certain passage softly, and with diminished volume of tone. (Abbrev. p.)
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/82

  4. piano
    adjective used chiefly as a direction or description in music; `the piano passages in the composition`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. piano
    adverb used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. piano
    pianoforte noun a stringed instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. piano
    pianissimo noun (music) low loudness
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. Piano
    • (a.) Alt. of Pianoforte • (a. & adv.) Soft; -- a direction to the performer to execute a certain passage softly, and with diminished volume of tone. (Abbrev. p.)
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. piano
    a keyboard musical instrument having wire strings that sound when struck by felt-covered hammers operated from a keyboard. The standard modern piano ... [26 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/63

  10. Piano
    Piano is British slang for faint, delicate, indisposed, not feeling well.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  11. Piano
    Piano is British slang for faint, delicate, indisposed, not feeling well.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  12. Piano
    [TV series] Piano is a 16-episode South Korean television drama, aired by SBS in 2001 and 2002. ==Synopsis== A gangster named Uhk-gwan discovered that he has a 10-year-old son named Jae-soo and will fall in love at first sight with a widow named Hae-lim, a mother of 2 children named Kyung-ho...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_(TV_s

  13. Piano
    The piano is a musical instrument with a keyboard. It was invented in the 18th century as a development of the harpsichord. Strings are stuck by hammers when the keys are depressed.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  14. Piano
    [disambiguation] A piano is a keyboard music instrument. Piano may also refer to: ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_(disa

  15. Piano
    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal....
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano

  16. piano
    piano or pianoforte,musical instrument whose sound is produced by vibrating strings struck by felt hammers that are controlled from a keyboard.The piano's earliest predecessor was the dulcimer. The first piano was made c.1709 by Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655–1731), a Florentine maker of harpsich...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A08389

  17. piano
    (instrument) Keyboard instrument. The sound is produced when a depressed key strikes the strings with a felt-covered hammer, causing them to vibrate. It is therefore a form of mechanized dulcimer, a percussion instrument. It is different from the earlier harpsichord, a mechanized harp, whe...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  18. PIANO
    Personal Injury Accident Notification On-line
    Found on http://www.met.police.uk/foi/glossary.ht

  19. Piano
    [Wynton Kelly album] Piano , also released as Whisper Not, is an album by jazz pianist Wynton Kelly released on the Riverside label featuring performances by Kelly with Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones recorded in 1958. ==Reception== The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow state...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_(Wynt

  20. Piano
    An instruction in sheet music to play softly. Abbreviated by a
    Found on http://www.classicalworks.com/html/gloss



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