Meaning & use
Più
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Used in musical directions to mean 'more,' instructing performers to increase the speed, volume, or intensity of a passage.
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The score is marked 'più mosso,' meaning the passage should be played faster.
Musicians often see 'più forte' printed above a phrase to signal it should be played louder.
A note on using this word
Borrowed directly from Italian, 'più' is one of many Italian terms, like 'forte' and 'allegro,' that became standard vocabulary in Western musical notation.
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