I have lyrics of two verses below the staves.
Now I want the second verse to get the fortissimo (ff) dynamic. Now how do I do that? How is that written down in sheet music?
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The most common way to notate that would be f-ff (or "whatever the first dynamic is"-ff). The idea is that the first time you would play at the first dynamic and the second time you would play the second dynamic.
I would advise if there are any other modifications to the verse like crescendos, decrescendos, and accents the verses be separate so the texture change is clear.
2nd time ff.
2nd × ff.
Or, even better, the same in italian, which I think would be
2a volta ff
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1Unless the choir / vocalist is Italian or you live in Italy, the 3rd option would only be confusing. Dec 4, 2013 at 17:34
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1Most indications on a sheet music already are in italian. Why not that one?– ÉdouardDec 4, 2013 at 17:50
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2@Édouard: Most musicians do not know Italian; rather, they know some musical terms which happen to come from that language. Your last example is not among the terms most musicians would know.– supercatDec 4, 2013 at 23:30
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It is, however, obvious enough that everyone should get it. After all, everyone doesn’t speak english either, and we all struggle with a bit of italian from time to time (my former wind band got stuck on a stringendo, once).– ÉdouardDec 4, 2013 at 23:56
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