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# piano

«piano» in Mova's school dictionary: **a big musical instrument with black and white keys** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (piano, pianos); adverb and adjective in music (piano — softly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A piano is a big musical instrument with black and white keys. You press the keys and small hammers hit strings inside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piano/#m1)

2) In music, piano means play softly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piano/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a word of the story; time practising piano, piano lessons and their cost; 88 keys. In music lessons: scales, notes, practising. In science: hammers hit strings that vibrate to make sound; longer strings make lower notes. In stories: a grand piano in a big hall.

### examples

- She practises the piano 30 minutes a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piano/#x1)
- Each piano lesson costs 20 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piano/#x2)
- A piano has 88 keys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piano/#x3)
- How long did he play the piano this week? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piano/#x4)
- She plays the piano in the school concert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piano/#x5)
- The piano has 52 white keys and 36 black keys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piano/#x6)
- Inside the piano, hammers hit the strings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piano/#x7)
- Moving a piano needs four strong people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piano/#x8)
- The teacher wrote «p» for piano, which means softly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piano/#x9)
- But when the old man played, the piano sounded quite out of tune. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piano/#x10)

### note

Usually lessons or practice time give rates. Hidden number: a piano has 88 keys (52 white, 36 black). Trap: «a day» × 7 for a week. Plural: pianos (not pianoes). A person who plays it is a pianist. «Practise» (verb) is the British spelling; American is «practice».

### In the corpora

- ["What has keys but can't open locks?" A piano: the riddle plays on two meanings of "keys".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words/5/)
- [Piano keys are pressed gently, because banging them can damage the keys and the hammers inside.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/246-music-practice-and-ball-safety/13/)
- [Example: a boy in Toronto learning the piano keeps stumbling on one hard bar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/303-console-games-building-crafts-and-music/3/)
- [Liam's piano excuse went the same way.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow/6/)
- [For musical instruments French says jouer de: je joue du piano, je joue de la guitare, je joue du violon.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/23-hobbies-and-sport/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «piano» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piano/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.