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.
Origin of sordino
Words nearby sordino
sorcery,
sord,
sordello,
sordes,
sordid,
sordino,
sore,
sore point, a,
sore shin,
sore throat,
soredial
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