Question

What does the term fortissimo mean?

a. With all force
b. Beginning softly then becoming louder
c. Extremely quiet
d. Starting loudly then growing softly

Answer 1

Fortissimo means to do what?

Play very softly

Play very loudly

Play softly

Play loudly

Step-by-step explanation:

for·tis·si·mo

/fôrˈtisəˌmō/

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adverb

(especially as a direction) very loudly.

"he plays fortissimo at one point in the finale of the Rachmaninoff"

adjective

played very loudly.

"the movement ends with a fortissimo coda"

noun

a passage marked to be performed very loudly.

"Tchaikovsky's fortissimos are given plenty of weight in the bass"

Answer 2

Fortissimo basically means to play very loudly and its louder than F - forte which is loud, so Fortissimo can be written as ff or fff. so the answer is A. Hope it helped :)