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How to pronounce sforzando in English?

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Type of chord
Type Words
Type of musical notation

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sforzando
Some articulation marks include the slur, phrase mark, staccato, staccatissimo, accent, sforzando, rinforzando, and legato.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The American's singing harbored that inner intensity crucial to the Verdi sound, highlighted by those sforzando outbursts of anger and excitement that punctuate the role.
From the post-gazette.com
Anna Zubrzycki, the company's co-founder, lends Lady Macbeth a steely determination, but relies overmuch on sforzando by which odd phrases are intemperately bellowed.
From the guardian.co.uk
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  • An accented chord
  • (music) a notation written above a note and indicating that it is to be played with a strong initial attack
  • Sforzando are a band from Melbourne, Australia who describe themselves as a "8-piece pirate orchestra" (fans usually refer to them simply as a "pirate band"). ...
  • A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played with a strong initial attack; A passage having this mark; describing a passage having this mark; played in this style
  • Sforzando means forced or accented, and is usually attached to a single note or chord. It generally indicates the note should be played loudly with a sudden, accented emphasis, and is indicated by the marking: sfz
  • 1. The sharp accenting of single notes or groups of notes. 2. In an organ or photoplayer the pedal which, when depressed, will bring into play one-by-one all (or nearly all) ranks of the instrument. * Synonyms: crescendo pedal, full-organ pedal.
  • Italian dynamic marking that means a note or chord should be played with strong emphasis.
  • 'forced'. usually shown by a "sfz" in the score. Suddenly loud.
  • With sudden emphasis