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  2. Dynamics (music) - Wikipedia

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    mf, standing for mezzo-forte, meaning "moderately loud". [6] più p, standing for più piano and meaning "quieter". più f, standing for più forte and meaning "louder". Use of up to three consecutive f s or p s is also common: pp, standing for pianissimo and meaning "very quiet". ff, standing for fortissimo and meaning "very loud".

  3. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    forte (f) Strong (i.e. to be played or sung loudly) forte-piano (fp) Strong-gentle (i.e. loud, then immediately soft; see dynamics) fortepiano An early pianoforte fortissimo (ff) Very loud (see note at pianissimo) fortississimo (fff) As loud as possible forza Musical force; con forza: with force forzando (fz) See sforzando freddo

  4. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. List of Italian musical terms used in English - Wikipedia

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    Definition Campana: bell: A bell used in an orchestra; also campane "bells" Cornetto: little horn: An old woodwind instrument Fagotto: bundle: A bassoon, a woodwind instrument played with a double reed Orchestra: orchestra, orig. Greek orkesthai "dance" An ensemble of instruments Piano(forte) soft-loud: A keyboard instrument Piccolo: little: A ...

  6. Fortissimo (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Fortissimo is a term in music dynamics meaning "to be played very loudly." Fortissimo may also refer to: Fortissimo Records, a records label; Fortissimo Films, a distribution and production company that focuses on independent and Asian cinema; Fortissimo space, a concept in topology "Fortissimo" (song), a 1966 song of Rita Pavone

  7. Notre Dame vs. Army has special meaning for Irish ... - AOL

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    Notre Dame vs. Army has special meaning for Irish kicker Eric Goins, a 30-year-old veteran. Scooby Axson, USA TODAY. Updated November 23, 2024 at 9:01 AM.

  8. Greek alphabet - Wikipedia

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    The period between the use of the two writing systems, Linear B and the Greek alphabet, during which no Greek texts are attested, is known as the Greek Dark Ages. [45] The Greeks adopted the alphabet from the earlier Phoenician alphabet , one of the closely related scripts used for the West Semitic languages , calling it Φοινικήια ...

  9. Obbligato - Wikipedia

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    The term is now used mainly to discuss music of the past. One contemporary usage, however, is that by Erik Satie in the third movement of Embryons desséchés (Desiccated Embryos), where the obbligato consists of around twenty F-major chords played at fortissimo (this is satirising Beethoven's symphonic style). [citation needed]