What's the difference between fortissimo and pianissimo?
Fortissimo
Definition:
(adv.) Very loud; with the utmost strength or loudness.
Example Sentences:
(1) Differences among the soft (pianissimo), light, neutral, free, straight, extra vibrato, and loud (fortissimo) modes were mainly due to the spectral effect of vocal effort, which constituted a very dominant first spectral dimension.
Pianissimo
Definition:
(a.) Very soft; -- a direction to execute a passage as softly as possible. (Abbrev. pp.)
Example Sentences:
(1) Differences among the soft (pianissimo), light, neutral, free, straight, extra vibrato, and loud (fortissimo) modes were mainly due to the spectral effect of vocal effort, which constituted a very dominant first spectral dimension.