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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 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: 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
"thread of voice", very quiet, pianissimo fill (Eng.) A jazz or rock term which instructs performers to improvise a scalar passage or riff to "fill in" the brief time between lyrical phrases, the lines of melody, or between two sections fine The end, often in phrases like al fine (to the end) fioritura
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
Print/export Download as PDF; ... The orchestra plays a fortissimo passage to represent the storm. The final choral number, sung pianissimo, ...
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 ...
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.
The first is a triumphant fortissimo statement of the descending motive of the second theme over the first theme. The second part is an exact transposition of the codetta of the exposition (which also features the same thematic superposition), which leads the whole movement to a calm end.