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"Sforzando" Definition

noun

A sforzando tone or chord.
A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played with a strong initial attack.
Source: Wiktionary
A passage having this mark.
Source: Wiktionary
An accented chord.
Source: Wordnet
(music) a notation written above a note and indicating that it is to be played with a strong initial attack.
Source: Wordnet

adverb

Suddenly or strongly accented. Used chiefly as a direction.
Played in this style.
Source: Wiktionary

adjective

Describing a passage having this mark.
Source: Wiktionary
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 �.

In music, forced or pressed; with sudden, decided energy or emphasis: especially applied to a single tone or chord which is to be made particularly prominent. abbreviated sf. and sfz., or marked ⟩, ∧.

adjective or adverb

Played with prominent stress or accent .

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