forte vs. fortissimo

[Richard Brekne]

Grin...  I stand corrected.  Forte it is then... been so long since I 
actually played any music myself I'm beginning to forget my music 
notation :)... I was paying attention to a way of describing how hard I 
hit when I tune.  My finger never really leave the key as I am tuning a 
note. That is to say I might get a mm or 2 above the key level at 
rest... but no more. A firm blow from that standpoint is as hard as I 
ever get.

Cheers, and thanks for the correction
RicB

         <<a fairly severe blow... something in the  neighborhood of an
        ffff+ thing I supose.  I seldom get above simple  fortisimo...
        that is to say a single solitary f.   

          Cheers
          RicB  >>


      Fortissimo is ff.  A single solitary f would be just forte.
          --David Nereson, RPT