Dynamics

• Dynamics- how soft or loud the piece is to be played
• very loud


  fortissimo (ff)
• loud


  forte (f)
• moderately loud


  mezzo forte (mf)
• very quiet


  pianissimo (pp)
• quiet


  piano (p)
• moderately quiet


  mezzo piano (mp)
• gradually getting louder


  crescendo (cresc.)
• gradually getting quieter


  decrescendo (decrese.)
• gradually getting quieter


  diminuendo (dim.)
• Decrescendo and diminuendo are used interchangeably
• crescendo (cresc)

  
• decrecendo (decresc)