sforzando

Sforzando (musical direction), in musical notation to play a note with sudden, strong emphasis (also known as sforzito)

[Italian] A directive to perform the indicated note or chord of a composition with particular emphasis. The note or chord would be performed as if it had an accent as shown below and performed at the dynamic level indicated. It is typically shown as the abbreviation, sfz, sffz, or sfffz.

with force; [ sfawrt-sahn-doh; Italian sfawr-tsahn-daw ] show ipa. adjective, adverbMusic. with force; emphatically.

sf/sfz (sforzando) (literally) forced: sudden loudness accentuating a note.

Range okay so i'll. So it sounds like this duh. Like that so it hits. And goes down then it explodes back up so you see that a lot of times in a lot of film music when you want to create tension.

Definition of 'sforzando' 1. with sudden force or emphasis: a musical direction. nounWord forms: plural sforˈzandos. 2. a sforzando note or chord.

Etymology. Unadapted borrowing from Italian sforzando.

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!

It is typically shown as the abbreviation, sf, sff, or sfff.

'Force', 'strength'; forzando, forzato, 'forcing', 'forced', i.e., strongly accented. sforzando, sforzato (It.). 'Forcing', 'forced', i.e., accented. In the 19th century it was used to mark an accent within the prevailing dynamic, but it has now acquired the connotation of sudden loudness; it is abbreviated sf or sfz.

musical instruction, "with sudden energy or impulse" (especially applied to a single tone or chord made prominent), 1801, from Italian sforzando, literally "forced, pressed," present participle of sforza "to force," from Vulgar Latin *exfortiare "to show strength" (see effort).

In music, dynamics are the volume level. They're the louds, and softs, and everything in between. Musicians use a variety of dynamics to add excitement and emotion to songs. Even early beginners can use dynamics in their piano playing to make it more fun to play and more fun to listen to.