justtkeepcalmm reblogged
musicalmelody
Fun Story: My director kept telling me and my tenor sax buddy to play softer. No matter what we did, it wasn’t soft enough for him. So getting frustrated, I told my buddy “Dont play this time. Just fake it”
Our Band Director then informed us we sounded perfect.
fororchestra
To my readers: “p” means quiet, “pp” means really quiet. I’ve never seen “pppp” before haha.
On the contrast, “f” means loud, and “ffff” probably means so loud you go unconscious.
dean-and-his-pie
I had ffff in a piece once and my conductor told me to play as loudly as physically possible without falling off my chair…
banasmagiccastle
oh music
Me and my trombone buddies had "ffff" and he sat next to me and played so hard that he fell out of his chair.
The lengths we go for music.