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		Definition of sopranino in English: sopraninonounPlural sopraninos ˌsɒprəˈniːnəʊˌsɑprəˈninoʊ Music An instrument, especially a recorder or saxophone, higher than soprano.  Example sentencesExamples -  A few special pleasures among many: listen to the opening concerto, for example, where the sopranino recorder is cast in the role of a goldfinch.
 -  Sometimes they sound like skewed bebop and sometimes like stealthily building improv, and Sanborn's soul sound - particularly in the sopranino intro to The Unknown - loses none of its famous wail.
 -  The real focus of the program, however, is the four concerti for recorder, featuring Matthias Maute on alto recorder once, soprano recorder twice, and a humorously small sopranino recorder for the final piece.
 -  Maybe, but I find the bravura in the C major one for sopranino recorder even more remarkable.
 -  Of the other sizes, the sopranino and the B bass are fairly common, with instruments smaller than the sopranino being very rare.
 
 
 Origin   Early 20th century: Italian, diminutive of soprano.    Definition of sopranino in US English: sopraninonounˌsɑprəˈninoʊˌsäprəˈnēnō Music An instrument, especially a recorder or saxophone, higher than soprano.  Example sentencesExamples -  Of the other sizes, the sopranino and the B bass are fairly common, with instruments smaller than the sopranino being very rare.
 -  Sometimes they sound like skewed bebop and sometimes like stealthily building improv, and Sanborn's soul sound - particularly in the sopranino intro to The Unknown - loses none of its famous wail.
 -  Maybe, but I find the bravura in the C major one for sopranino recorder even more remarkable.
 -  A few special pleasures among many: listen to the opening concerto, for example, where the sopranino recorder is cast in the role of a goldfinch.
 -  The real focus of the program, however, is the four concerti for recorder, featuring Matthias Maute on alto recorder once, soprano recorder twice, and a humorously small sopranino recorder for the final piece.
 
 
 Origin   Early 20th century: Italian, diminutive of soprano.     |