Meaning of PIANISSIMO
| Pronunciation: | | `peeu'nisi`mow
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- [n] (music) low loudness
- [adv] a direction in music; to be played very softly
- [adj] chiefly a direction or description in music; very soft
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| | Synonyms: | | piano, piano, soft, very softly |
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| | Antonyms: | | fortissimo, very loudly | | |
| | See Also: | | softness | |
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| | Definition: | | \Pi`a*nis"si*mo\, a.[It., superl. of piano.] (Mus.)
Very soft; -- a direction to execute a passage as softly as
possible. (Abbrev. pp.)
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| | Related Terms: | | a cappella, a la sourdine, abbandono, accrescendo, adagietto, adagio, affettuoso, agilmente, agitato, allegretto, allegro, amabile, amoroso, andante, andantino, appassionatamente, appassionato, barely audible, brillante, capriccioso, con affetto, con agilita, con agitazione, con amore, crescendo, decrescendo, dim, diminuendo, dimly, distant, dolce, faint, faintly, faint-voiced, feeble, feebly, forte, fortissimo, gentle, gently, half-heard, hushedly, indistinct, lamentabile, larghetto, larghissimo, largo, legato, leggiero, low, marcando, morendo, murmured, parlando, piano, pizzicato, prestissimo, presto, rallentando, ritardando, ritenuto, scarcely heard, scherzando, scherzo, scherzoso, soft, softly, soft-sounding, soft-voiced, sordamente, sordo, sotto voce, spiccato, staccato, stretto, subaudible, subdued, subduedly, tremolando, tremoloso, trillando, unclear, weak, weakly, weak-voiced, whispered |
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