Re: Trill and nonstandard expressive mark

[David Kastrup]

Shane Brandes <address@hidden> 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.

-- 
David Kastrup