Moderate (musical theory)

See also: Nuance

In the Western music, one calls nuances a whole of signs noted on a partition, having for function to indicate the relative intensity of a note, a sentence, or of a whole passage of a musical work. The succession of the nuances and the interpretation that makes the Musicien of it restore the dynamic work.

As of the 18th century, the Compositeur S take the practice to note the nuances by means of various Italian terms - most of the time, only their abbreviations are used - and of some other signs, placed above or below the carried.

General nuances

  • the nuances are noted here by order of increasing intensity:

Principal signs of variation of intensity

  • the intensity can vary during a piece.

Increase in the intensity

Reduction in the intensity

Principal nuances on isolated notes

  • One can also separately accentuate certain notes by means of the following signs, placed either above or below the notes concerned:

Additional articles

Internal bonds

Simple: Dynamics (music)

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