Note Nomenclature

[Al Stevens]

I seem to recall a joke about that - something about the conductor asking the lead trumpet why he was playing, and he replied "It said tacit, so I took it!"

Louis Armstrong, who had limited reading skills, is said to have played fff during a passage marked pp. When asked why he said, "I thought it meant pound plenty."

 

[tictactux]

Louis Armstrong, who had limited reading skills, is said to have played fff during a passage marked pp. When asked why he said, "I thought it meant pound plenty."

Just as "mf" is an acronym of mega forte.