forte-piano [fawr-tey-pee-ah-noh; Italian fawr-te-pyah-naw] ExamplesWord Origin adjective, adverb Music.
- loud and immediately soft.
Origin of forte-piano First recorded in 1760–70 Examples from the Web for forte-piano Historical Examples of forte-piano
And what think you of this new instrument—the forte-piano—father?
Frank Frankfort Moore
A person here has invented the prettiest improvement in the forte-piano I have ever seen.
The Domestic Life of Thomas Jefferson Compiled From Family Letters and Reminiscences
Sarah N. Randolph
British Dictionary definitions for forte-piano forte-piano adjective, adverb
- loud and then immediately softSymbol: fp
noun
- a note played in this way