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sforzando


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sforzando  \Sfor*zan"do\,  Sforzato  \Sfor*za"to\,  a.  [It. 
  sforzando,  p.  pr.,  and  sforzato,  p.  p.  of  sforzare  to  force.] 
  (Mus.) 
  Forcing  or  forced;  --  a  direction  placed  over  a  note,  to 
  signify  that  it  must  be  executed  with  peculiar  emphasis  and 
  force;  --  marked  fz  (an  abbreviation  of  forzando),  sf  sfz, 
  or  ?. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sforzando 
  n  1:  an  accented  chord 
  2:  (music)  a  notation  written  above  a  note  and  indicating  that 
  it  is  to  be  played  with  a  strong  initial  attack 




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