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Piano is abbreviated p in sheet music. Image Â© Brandy Kraemer. Definition: Piano, most often seen as p, affects the dynamics (or volume) of a musical composition. Piano is an indication to play softly; louder than pianissimo, but softer than mezzo piano. See forte.
Although an acoustic piano has strings, it is usually classified as a percussion instrument rather than as a stringed instrument, because the strings are struck rather than plucked (as with a harpsichord or spinet); in the Hornbostel-Sachs system of instrument classification, pianos are considered chordophones.