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Author: Meredith
Date: 2001-05-22 05:06
I am currently playing a piece that has 'fz' scattered liberally throughout the entire piece. Now, I know what 'sfz' means but am a bit confused about the 'fz'. I have tried to find it is my music dictionary but have had no luck. Any insight would be appreciated.
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2001-05-22 05:14
From the Harvard Dictionary of Music:
<b>Fz.</b> [It.]. Abbr. for <i>forzando, forzato,</i> same as <i>*sforzando (sf, sfz).</i>
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Author: Anji
Date: 2001-05-22 13:30
When I see 'fz', I think of cats in a room full of rocking chairs.
Short, loud and almost indignant.
anji
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Author: Alphie
Date: 2001-05-22 15:05
I would interpret "fz" as played with a very direct, hard attac and "sfz" with a slightly rounder, less direct attac but same intensity.
Alphie
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Author: Dee
Date: 2001-05-22 23:05
Alphie wrote:
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> I would interpret "fz" as played with a very direct, hard
> attac and "sfz" with a slightly rounder, less direct attac but
> same intensity.
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> Alphie
I hope my memory isn't playing tricks, but when I was studying Italian and there two that were alike except for the initial "s", the one with the "s" was the more emphatic term. So sfz should be more forcefully attacked than fz.
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Author: R Simpson
Date: 2001-05-23 00:03
Basically, fz is a really big accent
sfz is even stronger
sffz--even stronger, and so on
I hope this helps
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Author: Alphie
Date: 2001-05-24 09:45
Yes, I think Dee and Mr. Simpson are right when I think about it.
Alphie
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