fortissississimo

with greatest loudness : with greatest loudness. used as a direction in music. abbreviation fff.

: very loud. used especially as a direction in music. fortissimo.

(fɔːʳtɪsɪmoʊ ) adverb [ADVERB after verb] A piece of music that is played fortissimo is played very loudly. [technical]

very softly : very softly. used as a direction in music.

ff Basics

How to use fortissimo in a sentence. Gutmann said that Chopin played generally very quietly, and rarely, indeed hardly ever, fortissimo. I declare to you, solemnly, Katherine, that the effect of your violets against that hair was absolutely fortissimo.

Dynamics means how quietly or loudly a piece of music should be played. Dynamics are an important way of conveying the mood of a piece and your use of dynamics is a marked element of your performance. Composers use dynamics to change the mood.

Italian Etymology. Borrowed from Italian fortissimo (“strongest, very strong”).

a gradual increase 1. : a gradual increase especially in the loudness of music. 2. : the peak of a gradual increase. crescendo adverb or adjective.

tied together What does legato mean in music? Legato is an Italian term meaning tied together and is a musical performance technique. Legato is used in music to connect the notes together smoothly.

Musical symbols are the marks and symbols, used since about the 13th century in the musical notation of musical scores, styles, and instruments, in order to describe pitch, rhythm, tempo – and, to some degree, its articulation (e.g., a composition in its fundamentals).

A sentence in music is a phrase with a specific melodic construction: a melodic idea (motive 1 or subphrase a) is either repeated or sequenced then followed by either related or unrelated material leading to a cadence. 🔗 In this first example, Mozart sequences motive 1 from measure 1 down a step in measure 2.