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When a composer wants a passage played very soft the music is marked?

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The music is marked "pianissimo," from the Italian term that means "very softly." The dynamic marking for "pianissimo" is pp. This does not specify an absolute sound level, but means that the performer should play much more softly than usual during this section of the music.
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