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Author: Erin
Date: 1999-01-27 23:29
Can anyone tell me what "pochissimo" means? Thanks...
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Author: Rick
Date: 1999-01-28 02:59
offspring of pocohontas and cochise? Sorry, Erin,
lame humor covering for lack of knowlege.
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Author: lis
Date: 1999-01-28 03:24
pochissimo comes from poco. Here's exactly what my music dictionary says: "poco - A little, rather, e.g. poco lento, rather slow. Poco a poco means little by little so poco a poco animando , becoming livelier by degrees. Pochetto, pochettino, very little, very little indeed.
POCHISSIMO, the least possible. : )
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Author: paul
Date: 1999-01-28 13:30
Poco means "little". The "issimo" part of the word is the smallest diminutive derivation for it. For another musical term that uses the same diminutive extension on the word, try "piano" (which means quietly, usually written with a single lowercase p) and then compare it to "pianissimo" (extremely quietly, written ppp) to get an idea of how the "issimo" extension works.
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Author: Al
Date: 1999-01-28 17:52
lis and Paul are correct. Pochissimo means "a very little bit"---In order to get the "KEE" sound (poKEEssimo) in Italian, the"h" must be inserted; otherwise, if it were spelled Pocissimo,it would have to be pronounced PoCHEEssimo. Italian ci is pronounced Chee and Ce is pronounced Chay,roughly speaking.
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