A large keyboard musical instrument with a wooden case enclosing a soundboard and metal strings, which are struck by hammers when the keys are pressed.

She practiced on the grand piano for hours every day.

A quiet or soft passage or section in a piece of music, indicated by the dynamic marking ‘p’.

The choir sang the verse in a delicate piano before swelling to fortissimo.

(in musical notation) The dynamic marking ‘p’, instructing performers to play softly.

A sudden piano appears in the middle of the measure to create contrast.

pianoadjective

(of a passage or phrase in music) to be performed softly or quietly.

The score begins with a piano introduction played by the strings.

pianoadverb

Softly; quietly — used as a musical direction.

The oboe enters piano, then gradually crescendos.