Meaning & use
concert grand
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Meaning
nouncountablemusic
The largest type of grand piano, about 2.7 meters or longer, built for concert halls.
Grammar: Countable: use a concert grand or concert grands.
Patterns
- a concert grand
- play a concert grand
- tune a concert grand
The hall's new concert grand filled the space with a rich, powerful tone.
She practiced for hours on the concert grand before her recital.
A concert grand is too large for most living rooms.
Word forms
| plural | concert grands |
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Common combinations
- a Steinway concert grand
- The festival rented a Steinway concert grand for the final performance.
- play a concert grand
- Few students ever get to play a concert grand.
- a nine-foot concert grand
- The stage was built around a nine-foot concert grand.
- tune a concert grand
- The technician tuned the concert grand before the orchestra arrived.
Synonyms and how they differ
- grand piano
- Grand piano is the general term for any horizontal piano; concert grand is the largest size used in concert halls.
- baby grand
- A baby grand is a much smaller grand piano, often under 1.8 meters, suitable for homes rather than halls.
Word family
- concert noun
- A public performance of music.
- grand piano noun
- A large piano with horizontal strings.
Commonly confused: concert grand or grand concert?
concert grand vs grand concert
A grand concert is a formal or impressive concert event; a concert grand is a piano.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'concert grand' correctly?
Choose one answer.
A concert grand is a large piano, so it is heavy and needs a crew to move. Option A confuses it with a concert, option C treats it as a song, and option D is impossible because it is far too large to carry.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “concert grand”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.