Music notation glossary · Dynamics
pianissimo (pp)
very soft
As a Unicode character — to paste into text, spreadsheets or chat. Whether it appears depends on the font.
In the score
What it means
Softer than piano. More p means softer still; ppp and pppp exist, but they address the imagination rather than any measurable step.
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