sforzando
with force; emphatically.
Origin of sforzando
1- Also forzando.
Words Nearby sforzando
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How to use sforzando in a sentence
Victor had much difficulty in reading the notes readily and not confounding the terms adagio, presto, and sforzando.
Bouvard and Pcuchet, part 2 | Gustave FlaubertSo often as a sforzando occured, he tore his arms which he had previously crossed upon his breast, with great vehemence asunder.
Louis Spohr's Autobiography | Louis SpohrAt the first sforzando he threw out his arms so wide asunder, that he knocked both the lights off the piano upon the ground.
Louis Spohr's Autobiography | Louis SpohrIn the second theme, which begins in the 44th measure, note the piquant dissonances coupled with sforzando accents.
Music: An Art and a Language | Walter Raymond SpaldingThe terms sforzando, forzando, sforzato and forzato all indicate a strong accent on a single tone or chord.
Music Notation and Terminology | Karl W. Gehrkens
British Dictionary definitions for sforzando
sforzato (sfɔːˈtsɑːtəʊ)
/ (sfɔːˈtsɑːndəʊ) music /
to be played with strong initial attack: Abbreviation: sf
a symbol, mark, etc, such as >, written above a note, indicating this
Origin of sforzando
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