Musical signs form part of the code needed to read music. The signs can be fun to learn and rewarding as your knowledge increases with each new sign learned. You will in effect be learning a foreign language and learning how much fun music can be to learn. You will be joining a small group of people in the world who understand music. The group that understand music is very small indeed. Think about how many people you know and how many understand music or even play a musical instrument.
Knowing the notes in music is necessary as are the various times notes are played for. These are the foundations of music; however there is more to music than basic notes. Music is played with feeling, with different volumes at different times, with vigor, with sadness, happiness and a myriad of different ways.
A number of different musical signs are associated with the music and are put into the music where necessary to represent the mood of the music, the volume to be played, aggression, joyfully or merrily, with sadness, with happiness. All of these and more are contained within the musical code that must to be learned to understand music.
The musician will have a major effect on the music being played. Some musicians are naturally quiet and subdued, some extrovert. This can affect the way that music will be played. Similarly the mood of a musician will change daily. This will affect the manner in which the music will be played. Musicians allow for this by undertaking a series of exercises before playing, clearing the mind as well as physical stresses to eliminate the wrong type of mood whilst playing. Musical signs state the manner the music should be played regardless of the musicians mood.
The musical signs used in music are derived from the Italian and Spanish languages and can be written in full or abbreviated to a single letter in some cases. The most common signs are shown below.
Pianissimo (p) = soft (pp) = very soft (ppp) = extra soft
Fortissimo (f) = loud (ff) = very loud (fff) extra loud
Giocoso (g) = joyfully or merrily
Forzando (fz) = forcefully, sudden, emphasis
Allegro = fast, lively or joyfully
Spirit = with spirit or life
Delicato = delicate
Repetizone, replica = repeat
There are hundreds of signs in music, all having their own meanings. Many are similar in meaning and many will never be seen by the average musician. The number learned by the average musician will depend on the type of music usually played. Particular types of music will favor particular signs that are used predominately.
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