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/fɔːtˈɪsɪmˌəʊ/
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ADVERB
- a direction in music; to be played very loudly
NOUN
- a musical composition or musical passage to be performed very loudly
ADJECTIVE
- (chiefly a direction or description in music) very loud and strong
How To Use fortissimo In A Sentence
- So far, this scribe detects two "fortissimo" candidates -- people palpably impatient to get in office and shake things up. Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News
- It takes a lot of calculating to sing a role as challenging as Butterfly, but in Naglestad's case the calculation was sometimes visible enough to dull the dramatic edge: a pause before a high note, a slightly too-deliberate leap into fortissimo in "Un bel di. Anne Midgette reviews Washington National Opera's 'Madama Butterfly'
- When playing fortissimo, pianists should remember that volume is not a function of weight alone.
- The sudden fortissimo in the middle section is probably Janacek storming off in another of his enormous huffs.
- Then the full orchestra lets rip for the next phrases, marked fortissimo, with cymbals crashing. The Splendid Start to a Farewell to Opera
- He turned to the orchestra, told them the cue, and picked up from a vigorous fortissimo section. Rogue Ringtone Halts a Maestro
- Albeit a short piece of music, the build-up into the final fortissimo in the string section was magnificent, and the audience certainly showed their appreciation.
- When playing fortissimo, pianists should remember that volume is not a function of weight alone.
- An adagio for the symphony - earth, worms and misery, fortissimo and sordinos [mutes], lots of sordinos.
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