Adjective(1) (chiefly a direction or description in music(2) chiefly a direction or description in music
Noun(1) a musical composition or musical passage to be performed very loudly(2) (music) with great loudness
Adverb(1) a direction in music; to be played very loudly(2) a direction in music(3) to be played very loudly
Adjective(1) (chiefly a direction or description in music(2) chiefly a direction or description in music
Noun(1) a musical composition or musical passage to be performed very loudly(2) (music) with great loudness
Adverb(1) a direction in music; to be played very loudly(2) a direction in music(3) to be played very loudly
(1) The following sections deal with four issues particularly relevant to small-handed players: legato playing; fortissimo playing; playing octaves, large chords, and arpeggios; and fingering.(2) The D minor fortissimo outburst at letter C always reminds me of Moses on the Mount admonishing Aaron and the sinners below.(3) It does not like to be beaten up for a fortissimo and if you do this, it will get back at you by giving you a rather tinny sound.(4) The sudden fortissimo in the middle section is probably Janacek storming off in another of his enormous huffs.(5) Polk's coloration, her contrasts between pianissimo and fortissimo moments, are similar to Sviatoslav Richter's rendition of Cu00e9sar Franck's Piano Quintet.(6) Very sensitive was his Verschwiegene Nachtigall and Ein Traum was truly a dream of a performance, with a good fortissimo that was only topped by the immense applause that accompanied the end of the first quarter.(7) Mendelssohn uses the 6/8 time to introduce a theme which is not Scottish at all and finishes fortissimo .(8) It began rather tamely, I am afraid, and started to fall to pieces after the first fortissimo downward scale.(9) Albeit a short piece of music, the build-up into the final fortissimo in the string section was magnificent, and the audience certainly showed their appreciation.(10) His touch could be warm, deep, full, and broad in the fortes, and not hard even in the fortissimos ; and his pianos, always of carrying power, could be as round and transparent as a dewdrop.
