A musical direction indicating a strong, loud tone in performance. Also forte forte very loud. (Abbreviated f., ff.) Also attributive.

Very loud. (Abbreviated ff., ffor., or fortiss.) Also quasi-adj.

(a) pianoforte; (b) soft then loud; (c) more loudly.

More. Used in musical directions, as più mosso (mosso, adj.), più piano (piano, adv.), etc. Also figurative.

Music. As a musical direction: softly, quietly.

A sudden stress or brief crescendo made over the space of a short phrase; (sometimes also) a sudden increase in volume; a direction to make this…

A musical direction indicating that the tone is to be gradually increased in force or loudness (abbreviated cres., cresc.). As n.: A gradual increase…

Esp. as a musical direction: becoming even softer; dying away. Cf. diminuendo, n.

A musical direction indicating that the note so marked is to be specially emphasized or rendered louder than the rest. Abbreviated sf., sfz. Sfz. p.…

= sforzando, n.

With force: an indication that a note or passage is to be rendered with force or emphasis; = sforzando, n.