mezzo forte

moderately loud adverb, adjectiveMusic. somewhat softer than forte but louder than piano; moderately loud.

The Italian word mezzo means “moderately.” Musicians say mezzo forte to mean moderately loud and mezzo piano to mean moderately quiet.

medium loud sound mf (mezzo forte) – Italian term meaning “medium loud sound”

loudly Forte (music), a musical dynamic meaning "loudly" or "strong" Forte number, an ordering given to every pitch class set. Forte (notation program), a suite of musical score notation programs.

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

The dynamic of forte indicates that a note or section is to be played loud (or at least more loudly than the previous note). Mezzo forte literally means 'medium strong' in Italian, and indicates that something should be performed louder than it would at the piano or mezzo piano dynamic, but not as loud as forte.

With decibels pitched above mezzo-forte, a glare in the voice became tarnishing. In many opera houses you start at mezzo-forte. The dynamics never topped mezzo-forte.

Dynamic Markings More subtle degrees of loudness or softness are indicated by: mp, standing for mezzo-piano, which means “moderately soft” mf, standing for mezzo-forte, which means “moderately loud”

The word is derived from the French word fort, meaning “strong.” A two-syllable pronunciation [fawr-tey] is increasingly heard, especially from younger educated speakers, perhaps owing to confusion with the musical term forte, pronounced in English as [fawr-tey] and in Italian as [fawr-te].

Forte is a musical term that means 'loud'. Forming part of a piece's dynamic range, forte is usually abbreviated to a lowercase letter 'f' on a musical score and placed below the stave (or staff) it applies to.

medium loud volume Definition. Mezzo forte (or mf) stands for medium loud volume. Mezzo means 'half' so mezzo forte literally means half-loud. This table shows how dynamics can be compared to the volume of the human voice.