"Piano" in music means "softly", from the Italian.
The instrument we call the piano has a full name of "pianoforte", meaning soft, loud. The name reflects the wide range of volume that the instrument has.
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Dynamics tell you how loud or how soft to play. There is forte, piano, fortissimo, pianissimo, mezzo forte, and mezzo piano.
Musical dynamics are the loud and soft of music. Some, like the crescendo and decrescendo (< and >) gradually increase or decrease the music. Others, such as piano ( p ) or forte ( f ) are immediate changes in music.
dynamics is how loud or quiet a piece of music is
Dynamics are the volume and tones in music. It can either represent volume or refer to aspects of the music. It can also apply to the written musical notations. The two basic categories are either piano z(soft) or forte (loud).
Baroque music nearly always contains a harpsichord. The string family are the main family in Baroque music, meaning that string instruments play the melody. The only other instruments usually featured in Baroque music were early versions of the trumpet and the clarinet. There was no piano in Baroque music.