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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.
A two-part musical form Cadenza: falling: A florid solo at the end of a performance Cantata: sung: A piece for orchestra and singers Capriccio: caprice: A lively piece, free in form, often used to show musical skill Cavatina: small instrumental tone: A simple melody or song Coda: tail: The end of a piece Concerto: concert
Elgar was insistent that the first entrance of this new subject be played religiously pianissimo without sacrificing the expression dictated. This subject is formed from the repetition of a two-bar theme through a sequence that builds from pianissimo to fortissimo. This then gives way to a slow, soft cello theme at rehearsal 11, featuring a ...
The adverbial form of the superlative suffix (most -ly, e.g. leggerissimamente, meaning as light as can be)-issimo A suffix for superlative (e.g. fortissimo or prestissimo) izq. or iz. (Spa.) Left (hand); abbreviation of izquierda
The piece then builds to a fortissimo with a canon of the first primary theme in the trumpets and trombones that is taken up by the whole orchestra. The excitement decays to pianissimo for what appears to be a peaceful conclusion, until a unison fortissimo statement of the second secondary theme closes the movement. [22]
Libera me, Domine: homophonic, 18 bars, ending pianissimo on per ignem with a bare fifth Tremens fac : five-voice fugato , 23 bars, ending in homophonic fortissimo on Quando cœli Dies illa : 25 bars, in canon , with a variety of imitative textures, ending in homophonic fortissimo on Dum veneris
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Following a broken-chords section filled with harmony changes, the main theme is restated in D major (pianissimo), the supertonic key of C major. Then a fortissimo and Beethoven's very common syncopations appear in the music giving a rhythm, this continues on to the resolution.