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  2. Dynamics (music) - Wikipedia

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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.

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

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    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 ...

  4. Fortissimo (song) - Wikipedia

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    "Fortissimo" is a 1966 song brought to success by Rita Pavone. The music was composed by Bruno Canfora, while the lyrics were written by director and screenwriter Lina Wertmüller, at the time a close collaborator of Pavone, after having directed her in the television miniseries Il giornalino di Gian Burrasca and in the musicarello film Rita the Mosquito. [1]

  5. Pianissimo (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Now Pianissimo, an album in the Now That's What I Call Music! series Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Pianissimo .

  6. Symphony No. 6 (Tchaikovsky) - Wikipedia

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    It runs seamlessly into the fortissimo recapitulation, a great contrast in atmosphere from its hesitant equivalent at the beginning of the Allegro. Tchaikovsky soon goes into something more nightmarish, which culminates in an explosion of despair and misery in B minor, accompanied by a strong and repetitive four-note figure in the brass, which ...

  7. 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

  8. String Quartets, Op. 76 (Haydn) - Wikipedia

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    The opening of the movement begins in a way that seemingly contradicts the allegro con spirito marking. Violin II, viola, and cello sustain a tonic chord while the first violin plays the melody (the "sunrise" motif) on top. In measure 7, the same instruments sustain a dominant seventh chord while the first violin again plays a rising solo on top.

  9. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    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 Cold; hence depressive, unemotional fresco Fresh fröhlich (Ger.) Lively, joyfully fugue (Fr.), fuga (Latin and Italian)