﻿I RECOMMEND VIEWING THIS DOCUMENT WITH A FIXED-WIDTH/MONOSPACE FONT!

This is a chart of any musical dynamic marking you might find in my transcriptions
or original works, and how to play them as I intended.  However, remember to view
these markings merely as suggestions for relative dynamics; the precise details of
your performance should most certainly be up to you, the performer!


Marking      Reading       MIDI  meno forte/più piano  più forte/meno piano
============ ============= ====  ====================  ====================
ff           fortissmo      112  molto forte           n/a
molto f      molto forte    104  forte                 fortissmo
f            forte           96  poco forte            molto forte
poco f       poco forte      88  mezzo forte           forte
mf           mezzo forte     80  mezza voce            poco forte
m.v.         mezza voce      72  mezzo piano           mezzo forte
mp           mezzo piano     64  poco piano            mezza voce
poco p       poco piano      56  piano                 mezzo piano
p            piano           49  molto piano           poco piano
molto p      molto piano     41  pianissmo             piano
pp           pianissmo       33  più pianissmo         molto piano
ppp          più pianissmo   16  n/a                   pianissmo
n            quasi niente     1  n/a                   n/a
