mezza

One friend asks another, “How are you doing?” and the response is usually “Good thanks and you?” In reality you'd love to say, “Mezza Mezza!”, meaning half and half.

medium softness mezzo piano. adjective or adverb. mez·​zo pia·​no -pē-ˈän-ō : played or sung with medium softness. used as a direction in music.

Italian, literally, middle, moderate, half, from Latin medius - more at mid.

People often ask about the difference between mezza voce vs. sotto voce. Sotto voce, which means “under the voice” or “under one's breath," is far quieter and evokes more of a whisper than mezza voce, which is a more dramatic vocal effect.

'Mezza' or 'Mezzo': The Half Hour 'Mezza' (feminine) or 'mezzo' (masculine) means 'half. ' In the context of time, 'mezza' indicates half past the hour. È l'una e mezza. – It's half past one.

Mazza is how it is properly transliterated, but this type of food is usually transliterated from the Greek or Turkish, where it is also known, as meze or mezze. One word also used in Algeria to describe meze is qimiyya and in Tunisia one might hear ādū.

Music that is slightly louder than piano is called mezzo-piano. These various markings are represented by a p, pp, ppp, or mp, respectively. Louder music is called forte. Double forte is a little bit louder.

Mezzo forte – medium loud. Mezzo piano – medium quiet. Piano – quiet. Pianissimo – very quiet.

We use italian terms to describe different volumes such as: Fortissimo – very loud. Forte – loud. Mezzo forte – medium loud. Mezzo piano – medium quiet.

The symbol for medium soft is mezzo piano (MET-tzo pe-AH-no). The words for the dynamic symbols are all Italian. Now you know five Italian words: forte (loud), piano (soft), fortissimo (very loud), pianissimo (very soft), and mezzo (medium).

under the voice Borrowed into English from the Italian word sottovoce (literally meaning "under the voice"), the adverb sense first appeared in English in the 18th century and soon afterward found use in musical directions calling for whispered vocals.

Quick Reference. (It.). 'Under', 'below'; sotto voce, 'in a low voice', i.e. barely audible, a direction that can apply to instrumental as well as vocal performance; mano sinistra [ms] sotto, in keyboard playing, with the left hand below the right.