Loading…
Loading…
Moderately soft. Abbreviated mp.
Mezzo piano is the dynamic of conversation — present but not assertive. Use it for inner voices, accompanimental figures, and secondary melodic lines that should be heard without competing with the primary melody.
Brahms's Symphony No. 3, third movement — the famous mp cello melody, intimate and songful, emerging from the texture.
Mezzo piano is one of 228 terms in the Gradus musical dictionary, where every definition is written around how composers actually use the word.
Browse the full dictionary →