Sforzando

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sforzando \Sfor*zan"do\, Sforzato \Sfor*za"to\, a. [It.
     sforzando, p. pr., and sforzato, p. p. of sforzare to force.]
     (Mus.)
     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 ?.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sforzando
       n 1: an accented chord
       2: (music) a notation written above a note and indicating that
          it is to be played with a strong initial attack