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• n  a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
• n  (music) low loudness
• a  used chiefly as a direction or description in music
  the piano passages in the composition
• r  used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly

• He bowed suavely, sat down at the piano and struck the opening chords of Saint-Saens' G Minor Piano Concerto.
• To become a concert pianist one must thump piano keys five hours a day for at least ten years.
• The world's biggest piano maker is not Steinway, Winter or Wurlitzer, but a relatively unknown Japanese company named Nippon Gakki that won its for tune during World War II by .

• pianoforte
• forte-piano
• pianissimo
• soft
• softly

• forte

News & Articles

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• Piano Patand Sip 'N Dip Lounge in the CBS spotlight
  GREAT FALLS - People visiting the Sip 'N Dip in downtown Great Falls will find a little more excitement than usual at the world-famous bar this week, as "Piano" Pat Sponheim will be the subject of a profile on an upcoming "CBS Sunday Morning" TV show.
  June 28, 2013 - KXLF Butte
• Piano only: 'God is Dead?'
  Piano covers of metal songs are now all too common on the internet, with YouTube clogged with various attention-seeking musicians trying to perform novelty covers in hopes of going viral only to show that it takes a lot more than faithful transcription to sheet music to make a quality classical interpretation of a metal song.
  June 27, 2013 - NBC NEWS
• It's a guitar, piano, drums AND iPhone
  Is it a guitar? Is it a piano? Nope, it is a crazy iPhone-powered combination of both. Plus it has a built in bass, violin and drum machine to boot. The Artiphon Instrument 1 looks something like a medieval lute, but with a smart phone jammed into its belly.
  June 27, 2013 - CNN

Quotes

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• Herbie Hancock in CNN
  Oscar Peterson redefined swing for modern jazz pianists for the latter half of the 20th century up until today,Hancock, 67, wrote in an e-mail. "I consider him the major influence that formed my roots in jazz piano playing. He mastered the...
• Eldar Djangirov in International Herald Tribune
  He influenced every piano player. He was the first I ever heard and my main artistic influence,Djangirov said. "He was on top for as long as he played. He would play things with one hand that most piano players couldn't do with both of...
• Britney Spears in RTE.ie
  Magazine, Spears said of her new album: "I'm writing every day, right here at the piano in this living room. This is my best work ever."