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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.
An ornamental tone following a principal tone by a skip up or down, usually of a third, and proceeding in the opposite direction by a step, not to be confused with changing tone. canon or kanon (Ger.) A theme that is repeated and imitated and built upon by other instruments with a time delay, creating a layered effect; see Pachelbel's Canon.
"Slowly but steadily." Comes before other terms; e.g. poco a poco crescendo ("increasing little by little") ma non tanto: but not so much: Comes after other terms; e.g. adagio ma non tanto ("not quite at ease") ma non troppo: but not too much: Comes after other terms; e.g. allegro ma non troppo ("not too joyful") Meno: less
The Crescendo (music venue) The Crescendos, an early rock and roll group; Crescendo, a 1990 album by the Brazilian brock band Ultraje a Rigor; Crescendo (awards), an annual music competition dedicated to Afrikaans music "Crescendo", a 1990 song by James from the album Gold Mother "Crescendo", a 2013 song by Little Boots
The fortepiano dynamic as it appears in modern music. The expression fortepiano (sometimes called forte piano) is a sudden dynamic change used in a musical score, usually with the abbreviation fp, to designate a section of music in which the music should be played loudly (forte), then immediately softly (piano). [1]
A series of arpeggios in J. S. Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring "The Star-Spangled Banner" opens with an arpeggio. [1] Arpeggios open Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and continue as accompaniment
Niente (Italian pronunciation:), also called quasi niente [ˈkwaːzi ˈnjɛnte], is a musical dynamic often used at the end of a piece to direct the performer to fade the music away to little more than a bare whisper, normally gradually with a diminuendo, [1] al niente. [2]
In music, the Italian term stretto (plural: stretti) has two distinct meanings: . In a fugue, stretto (German: Engführung) is the imitation of the subject in close succession, so that the answer enters before the subject is completed.