pp - pianissimo - very soft
p - piano - soft
mp - mezzo-piano - medium-soft
mf - mezzo-forte - medium-loud
f- forte - loud
ff - fortissimo - very loud
cresc. - crescendo - get louder
decresc. - decrescendo - get softer
sf - sforzando - sudden accent
sfp - sforzando-piano - sudden accent and sudden piano
The dynamic mark p stands for "piano" and means to play the passage softly.
p stands for piano in musical notation. It is a dynamic marking which indicates the piece or section should be played soft.
Crescendo
The "p" stands for "piano," a dynamic indicator meaning to play softly, and "cresc." is the abbreviation for "crescendo," which means to gradually increase in volume.
"Piano" is the most common word for "softly." It is written in a musical composition with the letter "p." The word "pianissimo" means very softly, and it is written in a piece as "pp." [minor edit. Footnote in discussion.]
A dynamic marking P stands for "piano," which is Italian for "soft." This indicates that the music should be played softly or quietly.
The dynamic marking "pp" stands for pianissimo, which means to play very softly. It is quieter than piano (p), directing the performer to play at an extremely low volume.
The dynamic mark p stands for "piano" and means to play the passage softly.
p stands for piano in musical notation. It is a dynamic marking which indicates the piece or section should be played soft.
The dynamic marking that is the softest is pianissimo, which is abbreviated as pp. It indicates that the music should be played very softly.
Quiet
The piano's dynamic cange is very wide. It extends from very soft to thunderously loud - loud enough to balance a full symphony orchestra.
Nothing, really. Usually if there are any it's just for decoration.
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If the dynamic is written underneath the treble cleff and there is no dynamic underneath the bass cleff then it applies to both lines.
Crescendo
Expression is indicated anywhere throughout a piece of music using dynamic markings like forte (f) mp (mezzo piano) pianississimo (ppp) Or in Italian like tranquillio, mysterioso, lively, expressively, etc. Generally you will see a dynamic marking at the beginning of a piece and then it can change throughout.