DYNAMICS


Dynamics means, the volume you use with playing a musical piece;
the difference between soft and loud.
You can play with different volumes just to adapt your way of playing.

In a musical piece we use different signs, to show how soft
or how loud we have to play.
The signs we use are called dynamic signs. On this page you see the most important.




pianissimo is very soft, piano is soft, mezzopiano is medium soft,

mezzoforte is medium loud, forte is loud and fortissimo is very loud



crescendo means: you have to play gradually louder.

decrescendo means: you have to play gradually softer.