Music Terms used in NoteWorthy Composer. What is subito piano? What does mezzo forte sound like? Some dynamic markings have a letter 'm,' which stands for mezzo, meaning 'medium. What is the difference between a sforzando and an accent?
Accent is an articulation, whereas sforzando is a dynamic. Depending on the instrument, an articulation could imply to a difference in tonguing, initial bowing, plucking, etc. A dynamic refers specifically to the volume or loudness. When you accent a note, you are tonguing the beginning of the note a bit harder. What does Allegro mean in music? In music, allegro distinguishes a movement that's meant to be played very quickly.
There are many Italian musical terms that describe or direct the tempo, or speed, of the music, and allegro is one of these. The word means "cheerful or gay" in Italian from the Latin root alacrem, "lively, cheerful, or brisk.
What does Fermata mean in music? What does Smorzando mean in music? Definition: The Italian musical command smorzando often abbreviated smorz.
What does diminuendo mean in music? I suppose there are some examples out there. Musicians are happy to get loud without much encouragement. I am no supporter of notational police, but it seems to me that using sf to mean subito forte is indefensible on the grounds that sf already means something else. On the other hand, since sp does not traditionally mean anything, why not extend the musical vocabulary and use it for subito piano?
I dont see why it has to be an Italian word sporco? A well-known score of Brahms II uses pf as an abbreviation for poco forte and nobody complains. I think that sp might be an excellent innovation. He used small encircled italic s after the dynamic marking.
The composer or conductor will have to explain it, taking up valuable and often expensive rehearsal time.
This composer will have to explain it in a footnote in all their publications or risk being misinterpreted. The composer will risk the ire of performers whenever they are distracted by the unfamiliar marking or mistake it for a mp or sf or whatever.
For these reasons, many composers use innovative notation only when it is absolutely necessary and avoid reinventing the wheel. I think that they are right to do so. Other common uses of subito are before a regular dynamic notation, like in spp, sf, or sff.
Regular forzando fz indicates a forceful note, but with a slightly less sudden accent. Interesting, and good get. I don't think it's right; it's at least controversial. Much of it goes against what I've been taught and what I've observed. BTW, I don't necessarily mean about there being a difference between sf and sfz; I mean only about the "subito" thing, unless the term is specifically understood to have a different connotation for these abbeviations than in general.
As per what I said above, when we see "subito forte" written out, most definitely it means something different from "sf. I think it is right, in so far as the etymology goes. I was taught the distinction by my piano teacher when I was in high school. She was working on her PhD at the time and she was very meticulous about these sorts of things. She told me that a note marked sf is played pretty much the same as one marked sfz. That, along with the similarity of the markings, caused people to assume that they meant the same thing.
As with any language, it does not matter how various authorities define a term, it matters how people use it. As per Bruce's post, it is clear that most people understand sf and sfz to be identical. And to Tomasino, it could mean "subito forte" or it could mean "subito forzando". You will have to make your own decision, whether it be through researching the piece or what sounds best to you or whatever. Joined: Jan Has anyone ever seen a dynamic marking such as pp, f, or ff that calls for anything other than an immediate, i.
An "s" prefix meaning subito seems, on its face, totally superfluous. Currently working on: Beethoven Sonata no. Joined: Oct Originally Posted by Krummholz. The word "sforzare" in Italian means "to force. At least that's what I'm saying -- and I better include my sig More: This is from the "Free Online Dictionary," for what that's worth Used chiefly as a direction. As it says, it's a prefix meaning "intensive.
Tomasino: Thanks for asking! I never knew 'exactly' what these things stood for or where they came from, and now I think I do, although I realize not everyone will necessarily be convinced about it. Well, while it doesn't mean subito, the fact that they used the word "sudden" implies it can be interpreted in a "subito"-esque way, right? Originally Posted by didyougethathing. All I was talking about was the specific word "subito," and I explained why I doubted that these abbreviations include that word.
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