What do these music scores mean? p、MP、MF、F

P, MP, MF and F are kinetic terms, P stands for weak, MP stands for medium weak, MF stands for medium strong and F stands for strong.

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Strength markers usually use Italian musical terms. Composers have detailed strength marks on the score, from the weakest to the strongest, which can usually be divided into more than ten levels, and the strength of each level is a relative value.

Piano, which means weak, is abbreviated as P. The more P, the weaker it is, and there can be at most five P's, which is extremely weak. Forte, which means strong, is abbreviated as F. The more F, the stronger it is. If the score is marked with five F's, it will be quite strong.

Extended data

The control of strength in performance should be unified with the content of music, and the most beautiful sound can be found only by moving, which shows the artist's artistic understanding and experience of the work through the change of strength. As Ji Qin (written by Zhao Xiaosheng) said, "There are different voices in the heart, and the force is also different", "A little internal pressure will have a buffer".

In performance, dynamics is of great significance to sound processing, and melodic music often has melody, alto and bass. If the melody is mf, the accompaniment part is P to set off the main theme; If mf is used for accompaniment, F is used for melody. Melody lines should be prominent, midrange should be quiet and full, and bass should be solid, clear and elastic.

This requires different strength control of both hands, and even different fingers of one hand have different strength when completing different parts. Like Chopin's works, harmony is often hidden in the branches, and it is necessary to distinguish between different levels of strength and weakness.

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