piano music
3
1.8
- noun
- /piˈænoʊ ˈmjuːzɪk/
:
música de piano
- "Piano music was coming from out of the greenhouse.
- live piano music
- soft piano music
- heard piano music
Examples
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Dude, were you playing loud piano music like 10 minutes ago?
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Another memory, not much studied, is musical memory, displayed, for example, by a virtuoso pianist who can play hours of the most elaborate piano music, all without a page of music.
Academic text (1990) -
Soft piano music has been playing over the previous scene.
Fiction book (1993) -
The restaurant fills with piano music and noise.
Fiction book (1999) -
Piano music drifts out of one of the pubs.
Fiction book (1994) -
We hear voices: a woman's laugh, the tinkle of crystal, piano music.
Fiction book (2002) -
Piano music, equally soft and equally comforting, was piped in from somewhere.
Fiction book (2000) -
Piano music starts to seep through the gurgling noises.
Fiction book (2000) -
Many despise opera; to some, piano music is the only music; to the devotee of chamber works, the orchestra is bombastic.
Academic text (1996) -
The faint sound of piano music filled the quiet room, creating a peaceful atmosphere.
How Difficult
3
1.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'sheet music written or arranged to be played on the piano' is transparently derived from combining 'piano' (the instrument) with 'music' (organized sound). This noun-noun modifier pattern (instrument + music) is common cross-linguistically and follows standard composition, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
Piano music paints a simple picture: someone pressing the keys of a piano and the instrument's small hammers making sound. So, it means 'music that is played on a piano'.