David Kastrup <[email protected]> writes: > Shane Brandes <[email protected]> writes: > >> The other question is purely musical. I have been working on a second >> half 18th or early 19th century piece (prior to 1822) and keep running >> across the dynamic marking "pf." I was wondering if anyone else has >> seen the "pf" marking in a piano score. Presumably it means >> "pianoforte", a reverse \fp, but it could be a mistake on the >> engravers part or less likely some obscure indication for a non >> standard pedal do-dad we no longer have? Anyway it is a bit strange. > > <URL:http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textp/Pianoforte.html> > > A straightforward expressive mark, but hard to apply to a percussive > instrument like the piano. unless it is something like a Pohlmann piano > with a swell pedal.
Oh, but a quite common effect on a harmonium. Sure that the music is for piano? -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
