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Pianoaccordatore
Dear friends of the forum,
in these days, while speaking with an elderly gentleman from my village, once after telling him that I play the piano, he called me a "pianofortista".
Then thinking about it again, I said to myself... he who plays the violin is a "violinist", he who plays the guitar is a "guitarist" and so on; but why is he who plays the piano not called pianofortista but rather pianist?
saluti a tutti
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well... I've heard cellists being called just 'cellists'.... just as I've heard clavichord players being called 'cembalists'.
perhaps the correct terminology (even if a bit demanding) could certainly be 'pianofortist'... 'pianist', for sure
'sounds' better!
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Why 'pianist' is easier to say and 'pianofortist' adds nothing.
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Pianoaccordatore wrote:he called me a "pianofortista".
Either he gave you a compliment or he took a dig at you
There is the pianist, the fortist, and the pianofortista... respectively, the first focuses on the piano, the second on the forte, and the third on both dynamic nuances.
So by calling you a pianofortista, he wanted to highlight that you use the entire range of intensities
Obviously I'm joking
