Re: dynamics: sf vs sfz

[Valentin Petzel]

Hi Ken,

sfz is sforzando, sometimes also fz (forzando) or sforzato or forzato or 
whatever.

sf can be used as sforzando, but sometimes you find sf and sp also for subito 
forte and subito piano.

Cheers,
Valentin

Am Donnerstag, 6. Jänner 2022, 04:19:58 CET schrieb Kenneth Wolcott:
> Hi;
> 
>   Musical question here, not specific to Lilypond.
> 
>   I have an excerpt that I am engraving as a sample which uses the dynamic
> "sf".
> 
>   In the Wikipedia article
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_musical_symbols
> 
> "sfz" is mentioned but not "sf".
> 
>   Ah, I see in my printed Norton/Grove Concise Encyclopedia of Music
> that "sf" and "sfz" are both the abbreviations of sforzando and/or
> sforzato.
> 
>   Answered my own question :-(
> 
> Thanks,
> Ken Wolcott

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