Piano

Theme list: piano with definitions

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FRONT	WORD	BACK	DEFINITION
FP	LIED	—	[n. LIEDER] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An art song, usually sung solo in German and accompanied on the piano.
—	MBIRA	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A thumb piano, a musical instrument having a small sound box fitted with a row of tuned tabs that are plucked with the thumbs, originating among the Shona of southern Africa; any type of plucked lamellophone of the same type as the Shona instrument.
—	PEDAL	OS	[v. -ALED or -ALLED, -ALING or -ALLING, -ALS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano.
—	PIANO	S	[n. -NOS] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] To play the piano.
—	TUNER	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A person who tunes a piano or organ.
—	ZANZA	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A kind of thumb piano from Africa.
—	PIANOS	—	[n. -NOS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of piano
—	SONATA	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A musical composition for one or a few instruments, one of which is frequently a piano, in three or four movements that vary in key and tempo.
—	SPINET	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A short, compact harpsichord or piano.
—	DIGITAL	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 8] Any of the keys of a piano or similar instrument.
—	IVORIES	T	[n. -RIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] The keys of a piano.
—	KALIMBA	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A type of thumb piano, similar to the mbira.
—	PIANISM	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] One's way of playing the piano.
—	PIANIST	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A person who plays the piano, particularly with skill or as part of an orchestra.
—	PIANOLA	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A mechanical piano which uses a roll of perforated paper to operate its keys, instead of being played by a pianist.
—	SECONDI	—	[n. -DI] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The second part of a piano duet for four hands.
—	SECONDO	—	[n. -DI] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The second part of a piano duet for four hands.
—	SPINETS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A short, compact harpsichord or piano.
—	SUSTAIN	S	[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 9] A mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano.
—	DIGITALS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 8] Any of the keys of a piano or similar instrument.
—	PEDALING	—	[v. -ALED or -ALLED, -ALING or -ALLING, -ALS] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] The set of pedal movements to be performed when playing a piano or organ.
—	PIANISMS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] One's way of playing the piano.
—	PIANISTS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A person who plays the piano, particularly with skill or as part of an orchestra.
—	PIANOLAS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A mechanical piano which uses a roll of perforated paper to operate its keys, instead of being played by a pianist.
—	BLUEGRASS	—	[n. -ES] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] A subgenre of country music with roots in Scots-Irish Appalachian folk music, blues, and jazz and characterized by banjos, fiddles, acoustic guitars, dobros, and mandolins; but containing no drums, electric guitars, pianos or other keyboard or wind instruments; using a bass fiddle to carry its rhythm.
—	FALLBOARD	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The hinged cover which protects the keyboard of a piano when not in use
—	OVERPEDAL	S	[v. -ALLED, -ALLING, -ALS, -ALED, -ALING] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To overuse the sustaining pedal of a piano, causing the notes to sound too loud.
—	PIANISTIC	—	[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Of or pertaining to piano playing.
—	PIANOLESS	—	[a. ] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Without (the use of) a piano.
—	FALLBOARDS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The hinged cover which protects the keyboard of a piano when not in use
—	FORTEPIANO	S	[n. -NOS] · an early type of piano popular in the late 18th century
—	KEYBOARDER	S	[n. -S] · Derivative of keyboard «a complete set of keys, usually hand-operated, as on a piano, organ, computer, typewriter, or typesetting machine»
—	OVERPEDALS	—	[v. -ALLED, -ALLING, -ALS, -ALED, -ALING] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To overuse the sustaining pedal of a piano, causing the notes to sound too loud.
—	PIANISSIMO	S	[n. -MOS or -MI] · (music) (to be performed) very quietly pp
—	PIANOFORTE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A piano.
—	FORTEPIANOS	—	[n. -NOS] · an early type of piano popular in the late 18th century
—	HARPSICHORD	S	[n. -S] · © a harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the fingers, by means of keys provided with quills, instead of hammers, for striking the strings. It is now superseded by the piano
—	KEYBOARDERS	—	[n. -S] · Derivative of keyboard «a complete set of keys, usually hand-operated, as on a piano, organ, computer, typewriter, or typesetting machine»
—	OVERPEDALED	—	[v. -ALLED, -ALLING, -ALS, -ALED, -ALING] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To overuse the sustaining pedal of a piano, causing the notes to sound too loud.
—	PIANOFORTES	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A piano.
—	GLOCKENSPIEL	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments. Like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano. It is smaller in size and higher in pitch than the xylophone, and the bars are made of metal instead of wood.
—	HARPSICHORDS	—	[n. -S] · © a harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the fingers, by means of keys provided with quills, instead of hammers, for striking the strings. It is now superseded by the piano
—	OVERPEDALING	—	[v. -ALLED, -ALLING, -ALS, -ALED, -ALING] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To overuse the sustaining pedal of a piano, causing the notes to sound too loud.
—	OVERPEDALLED	—	[v. -ALLED, -ALLING, -ALS, -ALED, -ALING] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To overuse the sustaining pedal of a piano, causing the notes to sound too loud.
—	OVERPEDALLING	—	[v. -ALLED, -ALLING, -ALS, -ALED, -ALING] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To overuse the sustaining pedal of a piano, causing the notes to sound too loud.

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