How to add pppp or ffff
Hey, I was wondering if any of you know how to add dynamics like pppp or ffff. I'm composing a piece that reaches ffff at one point, and when I add an extra f onto fff (the loudest dynamic it offers on the palette) it sounds exactly the same. How can I make this sound ffff without making the whole piece like this?
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q.v. https://musescore.org/en/node/288825
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/dynamics, it tells you to go to the master palette
In reply to See https://musescore.org/en… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks!
In the 'Dynamics' palette you can click 'More' and find ffff.
It is set to play at max velocity 127.
In reply to In the 'Dynamics' palette… by Jm6stringer
Thanks!
But be aware that's pretty much true of human musicians also. fff is as loud as one normally ever sees, so if you write that, most people will already play as loudly as they reasonably can. You can write ffff all you want and people might try to push it even further, but chances are no one would be able to tell the difference. If you need to hear a difference, better to hold back and not use fff for passages you don't actually want to be the peak volume.
In reply to But be aware that's pretty… by Marc Sabatella
I'm not exactly intending for it to be played, but okay.