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PRONUNCIATION OF CON SORDINO

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CON SORDINO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Con sordino is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES CON SORDINO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

con sordino

Mute (music)

A mute is a device fitted to a musical instrument to alter the sound produced: by affecting the timbre, reducing the volume, or most commonly both.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CON SORDINO

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WORDS THAT END LIKE CON SORDINO

Borodino
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dino
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ladino
rondino
San Bernardino
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senza sordino
sordino
tondino

Synonyms and antonyms of con sordino in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «con sordino» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CON SORDINO

Find out the translation of con sordino to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of con sordino from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «con sordino» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

CON sordino
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

con sordino
570 millions of speakers

English

con sordino
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चोर sordino
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يخدع sordino
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кон sordino
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

con Sordino
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সন্নিবেশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

con sordino
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Con sordino
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

con sordino
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

詐欺弱音器
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

콘 sordino
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Con sordino
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

con sordino
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கான் சர்டினோ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॉन सरॉर्डिनो
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Con sordino
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

con Sordino
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

con sordino
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кон sordino
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

con sordino
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

con sordino
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Translator English - Afrikaans

con demper
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Translator English - Swedish

con sordino
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

con Sordino
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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CON SORDINO»

The term «con sordino» is used very little and occupies the 167.967 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about con sordino

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CON SORDINO»

Discover the use of con sordino in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to con sordino and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Stradivari
In violin playing, the phrase con sordino refers to the temporary attachment of a mute, or weight, to the bridge. The violin mute is mentioned by Mersenne in 1636, and some of the earliest composers to use it include Lully, Purcell, and Vivaldi.
Stewart Pollens, 2010
2
String Players' Guide to the Orchestra: Orchestral ...
Brown, Susan C. Scale 6 11 g j J V H V G Major V f con sordino mf PP con sordino PPP En élargissant Lent J = 54 Excerpt 6 ,. co« sordino Ravel — Pavane pour une infante defunte 3 £и élargissant div ...
Brown, Susan C.
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Tree of Life
1 Jar the Colorado Quartet Tree of Life I.White Birch Kirsten Volness Quiet and ethereal J=60 Violin I Violin II Viola Violoncello Electronics 1 con sordino, sul tasto con sordino, sul con sordino, sul tasto *i¡ con sordino, sul tasto V sempre ( tasto ...
Kirsten E. Volness, 2008
4
"Trails by a River" for Large Orchestra and Electronic ...
... Trumpet in C 1, 2, 3 Percussion 2 Piano Violin I Violin II Viola Violoncello Contrabass Speaker 1 Speaker 2 Computer Speaker 3 Speaker 4 J. 1 i Marimba PP con sordino \PPP con sordino YPPP pizz 113 3 . . co/i sordino PPP O tA) WPP 7?
Alfredo Jacinto de Barros, 2007
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Layers of Musical Meaning
Finn Egeland Hansen. J).i Ex. 5.3 Karlheinz Stockhausen, Kontra-Punkte Cl. CI. basso Fg. Tr. Trb. Pno. PPP-=~- con sordino con sordino PPP i 5 - ii M <9 vrv Arpa VI. Vic. PPP "' NT Qimp^ CK D\ E». F«, G«. A', B: P con sordino fon sordino r- 3 ...
Finn Egeland Hansen, 2006
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György Ligeti: Of Foreign Lands and Strange Sounds
In Prestissimo con sordino (dedicated to Klaus Klein), Ligeti divides the interest between line and rhythm. The instruction – so schnell wie möglich (as fast as possible) – presents the violist with one of the most virtuoso works in the entire ...
Louise Duchesneau, Wolfgang Marx, 2011
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Sovereign Feminine: Music and Gender in Eighteenth-century ...
Music and Gender in Eighteenth-century Germany Matthew William Head. EXAMPLE 25 (continued) Wolken hervordringt. Andante con moto _ 3 3 Von hler an geht lilo/m p P molto p molto I) pochi Vn. con sordino sempre liga con sordino 3 ...
Matthew William Head, 2013
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Master school of modern piano playing & virtuosity
... seinem Koazert т G- Mott' „für Еда. - eier und швы-методами Beetacoe-a sensa sol-dino, wenn er angeben fcc-fits, dress das .Redet niederen — drücken sei,- еще]! scaríeb er con sordino wenn es ...
Alberto Jon?s
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The String Quartets of Joseph Haydn
22 Vn2 con sordino Vn2, Va Va Vc 8va Va Vc 8va 79 c) v, mm. 79-81 Vn2 Vn1 (d) iii, m. 22 22 Vn1 sixteenth notes in m. 79). Such richly scored accents are not common among the quartets. Their forceful imprint in this work stands out as a ...
Floyd Grave Professor of Music History Rutgers University, Margaret Grave Professor of Music History Rutgers University, 2006
10
A Musical Life: Writings and Letters
Malcolm referred to the con sordino in the Pastorale second movement. The violins are marked con sordino both in Beethoven's autograph and in the written parts used for the premiere (enc).82 The part for the solo celli has con sordino with ...
Max Rudolf, Michael Stern, Hanny Bleeker White, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CON SORDINO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term con sordino is used in the context of the following news items.
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Adelaide Festival: Gavin Bryars
... Bryars moves to the piano to perform Lauda con sordino, an instrumental performed with Morgan Goff on viola and the ubiquitous Woodrow ... «Daily Review, Mar 15»
2
Concert Review: Chiara String Quartet, All-Bartók Program at …
The muted ("con sordino") quality of the second movement, "Prestissimo," actually provided a showcase for heightened expressivity on the part ... «seattlepi.com, Sep 14»
3
Spitfire Audio Mural Symphonic Strings Volume 2 review
... longs sul pont con Sordino, longs sul pont distorted, longs sul tasto, measured trems 150 BPM, measured trems 180 BPM, trills maj, 2nd trills ... «The Economic Voice, May 14»
4
Spitfire Audio Mural Symphonic Strings Volume 1 review
... longs con sordino nonvib, longs con sordino vib, longs harmonics, longs flautando, longs tremolando, longs sul Ponticello, spiccato, pizzicato ... «The Economic Voice, Feb 14»
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What's In A (Musical) Word? Expressing Ink Into Music
... or Allegro; and "physical" markings like Con Sordino, or Ped. Musicians read these words or symbols along with the notes (that the composer ... «Texas Public Radio, Jul 13»
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Sviatoslav Richter plays the Piano Concertos of GRIEG & DVORAK …
SvWith Richter's playing against con sordino strings and occasional touches from bassoon and French horn, the music attains that Chinese ... «Audiophile Audition, Jul 12»
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New Vienna Special Editions Now Available
... with a staggering 56 players and "con sordino" (muted) recordings of the company's multi-award winning Solo Strings and Chamber Strings. «Sonic State, May 12»
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Riffing On Schoenberg: Fieldwork's Hypnotic Virtuosity
... was followed by Lehman's “After Meaning,” in which Lehman's sax made buttery sounds evoking David Oistrakh on violin con sordino. «Brooklyn Rail, Feb 12»
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A Space Opera in a Proper Galaxy
But when composers write 'con sordino' — 'with mute' — they want a very particular, different sound. Conductors now are happy just to see ... «New York Times, Jan 10»
10
A Key Unreported Aspect of LA Scoring Strings
... you go to the web page listing the LASS articulations, all you see are these two words stuck in the middle of the articulation list: Con Sordino. «Film Music, Jul 09»

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