Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> One word comes through the Italian and means "with great force"; it > is > > used as a musical directive and is pronounced "for-tey" in USian > > English. > > This is absolutely true! Forte, fortissimo, piano, pianissimo, andante con moto, are musical terms that if really are in italian every musician in the world will understand as are annotations written in the score and show the player how to produce the music. Forte means literally strong and refers to the level of the sound. Felix PS Who besides a retired man, an amateur photographer, is an opera commentator at my country broadcasting