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- A keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings.
adjective
- (music) soft, Soft. Used as a w:Dynamics (music), dynamic directive in w:sheet music, sheet music in its abbreviated form, {p.}, to indicate lowering the volume of the music. In the pianoforte this is done by pressing the instrument's keys more lightly.
Etymology: Short form of pianoforte, from Italian pianoItalian, piano (soft) + forte (strong). So named because older keyboard instruments, notably the harpsichord and the clavier, could not produce varied volumes.
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