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!
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∙ 13y agoThe softest musical symbol that I know of is pianissimo; represent with pp. In the dictionary, the definition of pianissimo is very soft. So when playing pianissimo in music, you would play as soft as you possibly can.
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∙ 14y agopp-Pianissimo-very soft By the way check out musicandanarchy on YouTube.
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∙ 15y agoThe music symbol for very soft is pp. Pianissimo. Meaning 'very soft' in Italian.
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∙ 13y agoPiano (Italian). This is often indicated by p in sheet music.
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∙ 12y agopiano often indicated by p
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∙ 11y agoPiano, meaning gentle or soft
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∙ 10y agoPianissimo
"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.]
The musical term for "Soft and Sweet" is Dolce.
It stands for pianissimo, which means very, very softly.
From the Harvard dictionary of Music: poco means ' little', and ritardando means "gradually lackening in speed' ( or, slowing down ). SO,it means a small--not very much- slowing up of the tempo.
"Schlongbottom" is usually used as a mocking term for Neville Longbottom in "A Very Potter Musical" and "A Very Potter Sequel," mostly by the Ron Weasley character.
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"Largo" is a slow, plodding, heavy tempo - like the marching of elephants.
The musical term that means to slow tempo is ritardando. If you'd like to slow the tempo very quickly you'd call it a molto ritardando.
"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.]
It is a dynamic marking, indicating that a passage should be played very quietly.A brief lesson in music dynamic markings:Fortissimo (ff) = Very LoudForte (f) = LoudMezzo-forte (mf) = Medium LoudMezzo-piano (mp) = Medium SoftPiano (p) = SoftPianissimo (pp) = Very Soft
The softest of these terms is Pianissimo, meaning very softly. It can go softer though, Pianississimo means very very softly.
This is usually a suffix rather than a term, but adding "issimo" to the end of a word intensifies the root word. Eg Piano means soft, pianissimo means very soft.
Pussycats walk very softly, so this phrase means to approach a subject softly and circumspectly instead of head-on.
Very slowly.
The musical term for "Soft and Sweet" is Dolce.
Lento or Ritardando
It stands for pianissimo, which means very, very softly.