Musical Dynamics - Music Theory

Musical Dynamics

Musical Dynamics indicate the loudness of music. We use the Italian terms piano and forte to indicate soft and loud. They are usually abbreviated p and f.We can also add the word mezzo (m) to p and f to create mp (mezzo-piano) and mf (mezzo-forte). Mezzo-piano (mp) is moderately soft and mezzo-forte (mf) is moderately loud.More than one p or f indicates a softer or louder dynamic, such as pp or fff.List of Dynamics:

• fff ---- louder than ff
• ff ----- fortissimo ------ louder than f
• f ------ forte -------------- loudly
• mf --- mezzo-forte ------ moderately loud
• mp -- mezzo-piano ----- moderately soft
• p ----- piano -------------- softly
• pp --- pianissimo ------ softer than p
• ppp - softer than pp

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