forte, loud
f
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Forte
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Italian
loud, abbreviated 'f', powerful, strong see dynamic symbols in Phrasing Symbols
Mezzo forte
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Italian
halfway between loud and soft see dynamic symbols in Phrasing Symbols
mf
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Italian
mezzo forte halfway between soft and loud
Fortissimo
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Italian
louder than forte see dynamic symbols in Phrasing Symbols
fp
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Fortepiano; loud, then immediately soft
Bomb
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in jazz and particularly in bop, an unexpectedly loud beat from the drummer on a backbeat, upbeat or irregular eighth note be…
Crescendo
Shared keyword
increasingly loud see crescendo in Phrasing Symbols see dynamic symbols in Phrasing Symbols
Crescendo e accelerando
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increasingly loud and getting steadily faster