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View synonyms for sordino
sordino
[ sawr-dee-noh; Italian sawr-dee-naw ]
sordino
/ sɔːˈdiːnəʊ /
noun
- a mute for a stringed or brass musical instrument
- any of the dampers that arrest the vibrations of piano strings
- con sordino or con sordinia musical direction to play with a mute
- senza sordino or senza sordinia musical direction to remove or play without the mute or (on the piano) with the sustaining pedal pressed down
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sordino1
Italian: from sordo deaf, from Latin surdus
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Example Sentences
A sordino, or pochette, by "Baptista Bressano," supposed to date from the end of the fifteenth century.
From Project Gutenberg
Another modification of tone is caused by placing a tiny instrument called a sordino, or mute, upon the bridge.
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Con sordino and pizzicato passages occur as often for the cello as for the violin.
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A sordino, or boat-shaped pochette; English, seventeenth century.
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He was using a sordino and playing it very softly; but I was not mistaken.
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