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单词 piano
释义
piano
Word forms: pianos pronunciation note:   Pronounced (piænoʊ ) for meaning [sense 1], and (piɑːnoʊ ) for meaning [sense 3].
1. variable noun A2
A piano is a large musical instrument with a row of black and white keys. When you press these keys with your fingers, little hammers hit wire strings inside the piano which vibrate to produce musical notes.
I taught myself how to play the piano.
He started piano lessons at the age of 7.
...sonatas for cello and piano.
...Rachmaninov's Fourth Piano Concerto.
2.  See also grand piano, upright piano
3. adverb [ADVERB after verb]
A piece of music that is played piano is played quietly. [technical]
Collocations:
piano recital
I do a whole piano recital of 90 minutes without looking at music.
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More so, anyway, than a piano recital.
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Here are three things not to be expected from a normal piano recital.
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But, really, should this process occupy three-quarters of the first half of a prestigious and top-price piano recital?
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There were violin lessons and piano lessons, and at the age of 11 he was heard on radio in a 30-minute piano recital.
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piano repertoire
His fresh interpretations of the piano repertoire have established him as one of the most sought-after and unusual soloists of his generation.
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He stimulated their imagination and urged them to explore the vast piano repertoire.
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They are part of the core piano repertoire, appearing regularly on concert programs and recordings.
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They are some of the most challenging pieces in the standard piano repertoire.
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They next took on the task of editing an anthology of newly composed piano repertoire.
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piano riff
It has this piano riff that comes in out of nowhere and reminds me of life coming into the room.
The Sun
Built around a piano riff, the song builds into a huge, synthesiser-heavy chorus.
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Beginning with a strong piano riff, the song picks up its tempo resulting in a speaker-banger.
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He started to write the song from a piano riff.
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The song starts with a repeating two-note piano riff, and features an instrumentation of a singsong guitar.
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piano solo
This subsides into a delicate piano solo that's a highlight.
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Asymmetrical forms, complex metres, lengthy themes and stark juxtapositions of style are the basis of his writing, and also of his extremely personal approach to building a piano solo.
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The album has seven piano solo tracks and two tracks, which are a trio of piano, drums and bass.
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He also provided two extra passages for the piano solo version.
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His compositions include songs and piano solo works.
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piano sound
I was still left seeking a balanced, richly textured piano sound.
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The 'preparations' include sticking or appending objects to selected strings to yield dull thuds, sympathetic jangles, firecracks and other percussive tones that contrast engagingly with the straight piano sound.
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The piano sound was originally imitating the sounds of a train and a chainsaw, as it was within the logging camps that he was born.
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The song then builds with both an acoustic guitar and piano sound.
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His piano sound has depth and body, even in soft passages.
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piano strings
Constable spent much time stroking the piano strings with a tumbler.
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His first construction was made entirely from materials he had close at hand: wood, linens, motorcycle wheels and even piano strings.
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The company was one of the top makers of piano strings in the world for several decades.
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Inharmonicity as present in piano strings causes the successive overtones to be higher than they should be.
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Piano strings (also called piano wire), which must endure years of extreme tension and hard blows, are made of high carbon steel.
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play a piano
The part required her to play the piano.
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One of my elders spent ten years teaching him how to play the piano.
Christianity Today
He recovered the ability to play the piano but his vocal cords were permanently impaired.
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You head out to the school to listen to your son play the piano.
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But before you start arranging to play the piano, skydive or see the northern lights, think again.
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tinkling piano
Its formula has been adapted for its new audience, with instructions but no tinkling piano music.
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The band are sound-checking, so her tales of domestic drama have an incongruous backing of tinkling piano.
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The men wear jeans with their tail coats or scarlet military tunics and tinkling piano music segues into snarling electric guitars.
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The advertisement, which has been lampooned mercilessly, shows her speaking in a soft voice against a smoky grey background and tinkling piano music.
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Stagings of her novels are often staid and simpering - all exposition, pretty frocks and tinkling piano.
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toy piano
Perhaps the staff thought he was your carer taking you out for a treat and that's why they put a toy piano on your table - to keep you amused!
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Her first memory of making music was playing a toy piano when she was aged four.
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In the earliest years the family played musical guessing games and had a toy piano at home.
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Given a toy piano at the age of three, she began piano lessons with a local teacher.
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She plays the electric guitar, ukulele, toy piano, sitar, theremin and accordion.
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tune a piano
Another thing that will happen, should you hire someone to tune your piano: he won't tune it perfectly.
Christianity Today
It's a gentle piano tune, sung in heart-on-sleeve tones, that builds over swelling strings.
Times, Sunday Times
The hero-or-deserter debate deepens, to the sound of that piano tune.
The Sun
In the start of the video the water drops which fall on the ground synchronize with the beginning piano tune.
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With perfect pitch and excellent recall he was soon able to pick out on the piano tunes that he had heard.
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Translations:
Chinese: 钢琴
Japanese: ピアノ
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