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Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...
Pianissimo: very gentle: Very soft Mezzo piano: half-gentle: Moderately soft Sforzando: strained: Sharply accented Stentato: in the manner of Stentor: Loud, boisterous Tremolo: trembling: A rapid, repetitive variation in the volume or pitch of a note
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.
Pianissimo is a term in music dynamics meaning "to be played very softly." Pianissimo may also refer to: Pianissimo, a 1990 album by Suzanne Ciani; Pianissimo, a part of the Requiem trilogy by Virgin Black
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.
They probably know more about it than the people who decided it should mean quiet and loud. The description of the '-issimo's is completely negligent to observe the fact that this is an Italian superlative form, meaning most. fortissimo - most strong, pianissimo - most softly.
The second is a link to the article that details that symbol, using its Unicode standard name or common alias. (Holding the mouse pointer on the hyperlink will pop up a summary of the symbol's function.); The third gives symbols listed elsewhere in the table that are similar to it in meaning or appearance, or that may be confused with it;
The melody and harmonies are all Schubert's but with the addition of Liszt's own interpretation, while still staying true to the original meaning of Rückert's poem. The piece is in triple meter (3 8) and is marked larghetto (fairly slow) and pianissimo (very soft). The piece is in bar form and its original key is E-flat major. It starts with ...