Posted by Joey on December 16, 2000 at 15:53:40:
In Reply to: Re: how loud should you go on 1812 posted by Sean Chisham on December 16, 2000 at 15:14:15:
As usual, Sean is correct. f means "forte", forte means strong, strong does NOT mean loud. Usually the only time a composer will write FFFF is when he started at mp of mf and ran out of dynamic markings in between.