con sordini

a mute Con sordino is a musical instruction telling a musician to use a mute. Con sordino can also refer to: An instruction for a pianist to use the soft pedal which mutes the instrument.

with mute [Italian, with mute] A directive to perform the indicated passage with mutes. In piano music, this term means that the damper pedal should not be pressed, thus the strings should be damped.

In orchestral scores the term 'con sordino' instructs string players to engage their mutes. The mute is a small device which fixes over the bridge and reduces its vibration, thereby dampening high frequencies and subtly softening the instrument's sound.

: very sorrowful. used as a direction in music.

: with the mute. used as a direction in music.

with mute Debussy wrote "con sordino" meaning "with mute" at the start.

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to play with a mute con sordino or con sordini a musical direction to play with a mute. senza sordino or senza sordini a musical direction to remove or play without the mute or (on the piano) with the sustaining pedal pressed down.

While often used simply to make the sound quieter for practicing (hence the name 'hotel' mute), the muted sound also has its own subtle qualities - muted strings sound warmer, rounder and somehow more gentle without sacrificing expression.

In a musical composition, an incipit is an initial sequence of notes, having the same purpose. The word incipit comes from Latin and means "it begins". Its counterpart taken from the ending of the text is the explicit.

: pleasant sounding : melodious. Examples: "His artistry, technical proficiency, and canorous melodies have an introspective yet uplifting feeling by virtue of the beauty and honesty that so naturally accompany the acoustic guitar." - Kevin Gillies, Noozhawk (Santa Barbara, California), 26 Nov.