sforzando I. adjective or adverbEtymology: Italian, verbal of sforzare to force Date:
circa 1801
played with prominent stress or accent — used as a direction in music
II. noun (plural-dosorsforzandi)
Date: 1890 an accented tone or chord
sforzando adj., adv., & n. (also sforzato) --adj. & adv. Mus. with sudden emphasis. --n. (pl. -os or sforzandi) 1 a note or group of notes especially emphasized. 2 an increase in
emphasis and loudness. Etymology: It., verbal noun and past part. of sforzare use force
sforzando
adj., adv., & n. (also sforzato) --adj. & adv. Mus. with sudden
emphasis. --n. (pl. -os or sforzandi) 1 a note or group of notes especially
emphasized. 2 an increase in emphasis and loudness. [It., verbal noun and
past part. of sforzare use force]
Sforzando \Sfor*zan"do\, Sforzato \Sfor*za"to\, a. [It.
sforzando, p. pr., and sforzato, p. p. of sforzare to force.]
(Mus.)
Forcing or forced; -- a direction placed over a note, to
signify that it must be executed with peculiar emphasis and
force; -- marked fz (an abbreviation of forzando), sf, sfz,
or ?.
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