sforzando piano

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

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.

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

On the piano when you play a note, it's immediately fading away. So you get a strong attack. In fact, when you play the piano without the pedal, everything is somewhat sforzando, because a sforzando is basically just a strong attack.

There's one more dynamic that requires sudden change called the sforzando. Sforzando means to play the note or notes with sudden strong force or emphasis, like this (a piece of music is played).

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A sharp (♯) raises a note by a semitone; a flat (♭) lowers it by a semitone; a natural (♮) restores it to the original pitch. Double sharps (×) and double flats (♭♭) indicate that the note is raised or lowered by two semitones.

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

Markings like sforzando tell the player to suddenly play loud, while crescendo and diminuendo markings mean to increase volume and decrease volume.

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!

A sforzando(sfz) is the loudest and strongest accent.

If you see this written next to a note, such as C#, you might be too embarrassed to ask what it is, or just unsure? The # symbol means “sharp”. So, while “C” is just a standard C note, “C#” is the sharp version. Sharp and flat notes give an answer for those asking what is # in piano notes.