Melody vs Forte - What's the difference?
melody | forte |
tune; sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
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A strength or talent.
The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt.
(music) Loud. Used as a dynamic directive in sheet music in its abbreviated form, "f.", to indicate raising the volume of the music. (Abbreviated in musical notation with an f, the Unicode character 1D191.)
(music) Loudly.
A passage in music to be played loudly; a loud section of music.
As nouns the difference between melody and forte
is that melody is tune; sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase while forte is a strength or talent.As a proper noun Melody
is {{given name|female|from=English|}}.As an adjective forte is
loud. Used as a dynamic directive in sheet music in its abbreviated form, "f.", to indicate raising the volume of the music. (Abbreviated in musical notation with an f, the Unicode character 1D191..As an adverb forte is
loudly.melody
English
(wikipedia melody)Noun
(melodies)Synonyms
* (sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase) tuneDerived terms
* melodic * melodious * melodiumSee also
* scale * tune * harmony * musicforte
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl)Noun
(en noun)- He writes respectably, but poetry is not his forte .
Usage notes
Traditionally, , a two-syllable pronunciation also came into common use. Both pronunciations are now standard.Adjective
- This passage is forte , then there's a diminuendo to mezzo piano.
Adverb
- The musicians played the passage forte .
Noun
(en noun)- This forte marks the climax of the second movement.
