sordino
[ sawr-dee-noh; Italian sawr-dee-naw ]
/ sɔrˈdi noʊ; Italian sɔrˈdi nɔ /
noun, plural sor·di·ni [sawr-dee-nee Italian sawr-dee-nee] /sɔrˈdi ni Italian sɔrˈdi ni/. Music.
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Which of the options below is the best punctuation for the sentence? It__s your turn to pick the movie __ but your sister gets to pick the board game we _ re going to play.
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Words nearby sordino
sorcery, sord, sordello, sordes, sordid, sordino, sore, sore point, a, sore shin, sore throat, soredial
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Example sentences from the Web for sordino
He was using a sordino and playing it very softly; but I was not mistaken.
The Lost Stradivarius|John Meade FalknerA sordino, or pochette, by "Baptista Bressano," supposed to date from the end of the fifteenth century.
Musical Myths and Facts, Volume I (of 2)|Carl EngelAnother modification of tone is caused by placing a tiny instrument called a sordino, or mute, upon the bridge.
How to Listen to Music, 7th ed.|Henry Edward KrehbielA sordino, or boat-shaped pochette; English, seventeenth century.
Musical Myths and Facts, Volume I (of 2)|Carl Engel
British Dictionary definitions for sordino
sordino
/ (sɔːˈdiːnəʊ) /
noun plural -ni (-niː)
a mute for a stringed or brass musical instrument
any of the dampers that arrest the vibrations of piano strings
con sordino or con sordini a musical direction to play with a mute
senza sordino or senza sordini a musical direction to remove or play without the mute or (on the piano) with the sustaining pedal pressed down
See also sourdine
Word Origin for sordino
Italian: from sordo deaf, from Latin surdus
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