It stands for pianissimo, which means very, very softly.
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"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.]
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For musical notation, pp stands for pianissimo, which means very softly, and ppp stands for piano possible, which is as soft as possible.If you want to gradually get softer in volume, you would write a diminuendo (dim), which simply means, gradually softer as you play. Hope that was helpful!
Dynamics tell you how loud or how soft to play. There is forte, piano, fortissimo, pianissimo, mezzo forte, and mezzo piano.
Music played in a harmonic, chordal texture.