R vs Piano - What's the difference?
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The eighteenth letter of the .
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alveolar trill
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Image:Latin R.png, Capital and lowercase versions of R , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter R.png, Uppercase and lowercase R in Fraktur
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(musical instruments) A keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings.
(music) Soft, quiet.
In extended use; quiet, subdued.
* 1977 , , The Honourable Schoolboy , Folio Society 2010, p. 160:
(music) Softly, as a musical direction (abbreviated to p. in sheet music).
As a letter r
is the eighteenth letter of the.As a symbol r
is roentgen (unit ).As a noun piano is
piano.r
Translingual
{{Basic Latin character info, previous=q, next=s, image= (wikipedia r)Etymology 1
Modification of capital letter R by not closing the bottom of the loop but continuing into the leg to save a pen stroke, later shortening the right leg into a simple arc.Letter
See also
(Latn-script) * (select symbols) * (other scripts) Cyrillic * dog's letterEtymology 2
Symbol
(Alveolar trill) (head)Synonyms
*See also
{{Letter , page=R , NATO=Romeo , Morse=·–· , Character=R , Braille=? }}piano
English
(wikipedia piano)Noun
(en-noun)- The piano in his house takes up a lot of space.
- She has been taking lessons for many years and now plays piano very well.
- He can play "Happy Birthday" on the piano .
- Most of the works by Frédéric Chopin are for the piano .
Synonyms
* pianoforte (dated)Coordinate terms
* (keyboard instrument) cembalo, clavier, fortepiano, harpsichord, organ, synthesizer, synthDerived terms
* dumb piano * electric piano * grand piano * pianola * pianist * piano accordion * piano player * player piano * square piano * upright pianoAdjective
(en adjective)- ‘Tradecraft'', Chris,’ Enderby put in, who liked his bit of jargon, and Martindale, still ''piano , shot him a glance of admiration.