noun
- an early type of piano with a softer tone than modern pianos
Usage: historical; music
adverb
- played loudly then immediately softly
Usage: music
Examples
- Mozart composed many sonatas for the fortepiano.
- The museum displayed an authentic 18th-century fortepiano.
- She preferred the gentle sound of the fortepiano to modern pianos.
- The composer marked the passage fortepiano in the score.
- Play that chord fortepiano for dramatic effect.
- The fortepiano technique creates sudden dynamic contrast.