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Musical Dynamics indicate the loudness of music. We use the Italian terms piano and forte to indicate soft and loud. They are usually abbreviated p and f.
We can also add the word mezzo (m) to p and f to create mp (mezzo-piano) and mf (mezzo-forte). Mezzo-piano (mp) is moderately soft and mezzo-forte (mf) is
moderately loud.
More than one p or f indicates a softer or louder dynamic, such as pp or ff.
List of Dynamics:
ff ----- fortissimo ------ louder than f
f ------ forte -------------- loudly
mf --- mezzo-forte ------ moderately loud
mp -- mezzo-piano ----- moderately soft
p ----- piano -------------- softly
pp ----- pianissimo ----- softer than p
Crescendo means to gradually get louder

Diminuendo means to gradually get softer

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