sordino
Origin of sordino
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How to use sordino in a sentence
A 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 KrehbielCon sordino and pizzicato passages occur as often for the cello as for the violin.
Music Notation and Terminology | Karl W. GehrkensA sordino, or boat-shaped pochette; English, seventeenth century.
Musical Myths and Facts, Volume I (of 2) | Carl EngelHe was using a sordino and playing it very softly; but I was not mistaken.
The Lost Stradivarius | John Meade Falkner
British Dictionary definitions for sordino
/ (sɔːˈdiːnəʊ) /
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
Origin of sordino
1- See also sourdine
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