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  2. Dynamics (music) - Wikipedia

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    In music, the dynamics of a piece are the variation in loudness between notes or phrases.Dynamics are indicated by specific musical notation, often in some detail.However, dynamics markings require interpretation by the performer depending on the musical context: a specific marking may correspond to a different volume between pieces or even sections of one piece.

  3. Fortissimo (song) - Wikipedia

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    "Fortissimo" is a 1966 song brought to success by Rita Pavone. The music was composed by Bruno Canfora, while the lyrics were written by director and screenwriter Lina Wertmüller, at the time a close collaborator of Pavone, after having directed her in the television miniseries Il giornalino di Gian Burrasca and in the musicarello film Rita the Mosquito. [1]

  4. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    One or "a" (indefinite article), as exemplified in the following entries un poco or un peu (Fr.) A little una corda One string (i.e., in piano music, depressing the soft pedal, which alters and reduces the volume of the sound). For most notes in modern pianos, this results in the hammer striking two strings rather than three.

  5. Perturbazione - Wikipedia

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    On 13 April 2007 they released a new album, entitled Pianissimo fortissimo . In 2008 Stefano Milano left Perturbazione. His replacement was Alex Baracco (bass).

  6. List of Italian musical terms used in English - Wikipedia

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    A work for one or more solo instruments accompanied by an orchestra Concertino: little concert: A short concerto; the solo instrument in a concerto Concerto grosso: big concert: A Baroque form of concerto, with a group of solo instruments Da capo aria: from the head aria: A three-section musical form Dramma giocoso: jocular drama: A form of ...

  7. Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven) - Wikipedia

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    This is followed by a pianissimo restart in B ♭ (m. 73), which is when the A theme is heard again, leading to a full fortissimo statement in the tonic key of E ♭ (m. 93). Later, a downward arpeggio motif with sforzandos on the second beat is played twice in unison , first by the strings (mm. 115–119) and then by the full orchestra (mm ...

  8. Piano - Wikipedia

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    Striking the piano key with greater velocity increases the amplitude of the waves and therefore the volume. From pianissimo (pp) to fortissimo (ff) the hammer velocity changes by almost a factor of a hundred. The hammer contact time with the string shortens from 4 milliseconds at pp to less than 2 ms at ff. [67]

  9. Symphony No. 94 (Haydn) - Wikipedia

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    8 time. The second, "surprise", movement, is an andante theme and variations in 2 4 time in the subdominant key of C major. The theme is in two eight-bar sections, each repeated. The repeat at the end of the first section is pianissimo with pizzicato in the lower strings to set up the surprise.