Reading orchestral sheet music - PLEEEASE help!

pauliwauli2 | 21:55 Fri 27th Mar 2009 | Music

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Okay, so if a beat has the letter "p" written under it, what does that mean? For a percussion instrument.

I know that 'f' means hit harder, so was wondering if maybe 'p' meant hit faintly?

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"p" means "softly", as in the Italian word piano or pianissimo.

Hope that helps.

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thank you thank you thank you :D

saxy_jag

Even if you're a percussionist, 'f' does not mean 'hit harder'. It simply means 'play loudly'. If you're playing with a band, that could be a very different 'loudly' to the one you have in mind, depending on what they're doing.

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