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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.
Fortissimo: very strong: Very loud Mezzo forte: half-strong: Moderately loud Marcato: marked: A note played forcefully Messa di voce: placing the voice: A style of singing involving changing volume while holding a single note Piano: gentle: Soft Pianissimo: very gentle: Very soft Mezzo piano: half-gentle: Moderately soft Sforzando: strained ...
On 13 April 2007 they released a new album, entitled Pianissimo fortissimo . In 2008 Stefano Milano left Perturbazione. His replacement was Alex Baracco (bass).
Immediately (e.g. subito pp, which instructs the player to suddenly drop to pianissimo as an effect); often abbreviated as sub. sul Lit. "on the", as in sul ponticello (on the bridge); sul tasto (on the fingerboard); sul E (on the E string), etc. sul E "on the E", indicating a passage is to be played on the E string of a violin.
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 ...
In the fifth variation, the second violin takes up the theme, while the first violin plays a sixteenth-note arpeggiated motif, with the cello playing the triplets in the bass. The variation grows from pianissimo to fortissimo, then again fades and slows in pace, finally returning to a restatement of the theme – this time in G major. Fifth ...
The third theme, which is like a development, opens in a blasting, fortissimo chromatic harmony with a march-like melody in D minor with the same rhythmic motives alternating between hands. After that, there comes a rapid scale based on the notes F–E–D–F with double thirds in the bass.
After an abrupt end to the second theme and a pregnant pause, a minor dotted-rhythm chordal theme in F-minor suddenly enters fortissimo, elaborating and modulating before sublimating into a pianissimo version of itself in the parallel major. This third theme is highly similar in rhythm and melodic contour as well as left-hand pattern to the ...