Sforzando indicates a sudden strong accent or force in music for a note or passage.
Sforzando is a musical direction that means with sudden force or strong accent.
| Front | sforzando \sfort-SAHN-do\ |
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| Back | adjective, adverb With sudden force or strong accent (used as a musical direction). noun A note or group of notes with strong emphasis. [From Italian sforzare (to force), from Latin fortis (strong). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bhergh- (high), which is also the source of iceberg, belfry, borough, burg, burglar, bourgeois, fortify, and force. First recorded use: 1801.] "Establishing a driving rhythm with the barking of sforzando strings, the piece remained complex, teetering between moments of brooding and violent bursts." - Penderecki Thrills Beijing; Global Times (Beijing, China); Oct 17, 2010. |
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