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noun. an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color. the tones or sounds employed, occurring in single line (melody) or multiple lines (harmony), and sounded or to be sounded by one or more voices or instruments, or both.

sfz means sforzando , a sudden accent. fp means fortepiano , loud then soft. sf means subito forte , play 'suddenly' (subito) loud (forte) rfz means rinforzando , play with gradual emphasis or broad accentuation until otherwise noted.

rin·​for·​zan·​do. ¦rēnfōr¦tsän(ˌ)dō : played with a sudden increase of force. used as a direction in music usually for special emphasis of a note, chord, or short phrase.

abbreviation of tre corde (Italian: three strings - a mark in piano music indicating the release of the soft, or una corde pedal), 'tenor clef' (suggested by Daniel Magnus Bennét Björck)

So next time you are listening to a piece of music, try to separate out the parts and listen to how each of the Elements of Music are being used. Listen for the Dynamics, Form, Harmony, Melody, Rhythm, Texture, Timbre and Tonality. You might even want to start keeping a listening journal of the music you hear.

Melody, harmony, rhythm, and form and the expressive elements of dynamics, tempo, and timbre (tone color). melody. An organized sequence of single notes. harmony. The simultaneous sounding of two or more tones.

Sforzando. Composers may also want to highlight, or accent one particular note, in which case they might use the symbol sfz meaning sforzando. This instructs the musician to play this one note particularly loudly and usually with some level of aggression!

Etymology. Unadapted borrowing from Italian sforzando.

​RINFORZANDO, 'reinforcing' or increasing in power. This word, or its abbreviations, rinf. or rfz. is used to denote a sudden and short-lasting crescendo. It is applied generally to a whole phrase however short, and has the same meaning as sforzando, which is only applied to single notes.

Unicode Character “𝆌” (U+1D18C)

“TC or GTFO,” is a commonly observed comment one would read on a post every once in a while. It's a callout for a user to include their total compensation number with their post.

Type TC – Tray Cable – (NEC Article 336) –Power and control tray cable type TC is a factory assembly of two or more insulated conductors, with or without associated bare or covered grounding conductors, under a non-metallic jacket.