A concerto is a piece of classical music for a solo instrument — piano, violin, cello, and so on — playing with an orchestra. The point is the “talking” between the one and the many: the soloist and the group take turns and also join.

A concerto Concerto（協奏曲） is a piece of classical music for a solo instrument是寫給獨奏樂器的一首古典音樂作品—— piano, violin, cello, and so on像是鋼琴、小提琴、大提琴等等—— playing with an orchestra和管弦樂團一起演奏。 The point is the "talking" between the one and the many重點在於「一個」和「很多個」之間的「對話」： the soloist and the group take turns and also join獨奏者和樂團輪流演奏，也會合在一起。

You name it by the solo instrument: a piano concerto, a violin concerto. A concerto grosso is an older kind, with a small group of soloists rather than one.

You name it by the solo instrument命名的方式是用獨奏樂器來叫： a piano concerto, a violin concerto像是piano concerto（鋼琴協奏曲）、violin concerto（小提琴協奏曲）。 A concerto grosso Concerto grosso（大協奏曲） is an older kind是比較古老的一種， with a small group of soloists rather than one獨奏的不是一個人，而是一小群人。

The usual English plural is concertos; concerti is the Italian plural, which some musicians still like.

The usual English plural is concertos英文常用的複數是concertos； concerti is the Italian pluralconcerti是義大利文的複數， which some musicians still like有些音樂家還是喜歡用這個。

It is not a concert. A concert is the evening’s show; a concerto is one kind of piece you might hear there.

It is not a concert這不是concert（音樂會）。 A concert is the evening's showconcert指的是當晚的演出； a concerto is one kind of piece you might hear thereconcerto則是你可能在那裡聽到的一種曲子。

The word was borrowed from Italian concerto, from the verb concertare. It is a doublet of concert: same older source, two different English words now.

The word was borrowed from Italian concerto這個字借自義大利文的concerto， from the verb concertare源自動詞concertare。 It is a doublet of concert它跟concert是一對doublet（同源雙生字）： same older source, two different English words now源頭一樣，但現在是兩個不同的英文字。