Fortississimo vs Pianississimo

Side-by-side comparison of two musical terms.

	Fortississimo	Pianississimo
Definition	Extremely loud; louder than fortissimo.	Extremely soft; softer than pianissimo.
Category	dynamics	dynamics
Pronunciation	for-TEE-see-see-moh	pyah-NEE-see-see-moh
Origin	Italian	Italian
BPM	—	—
Synonyms	extremely loud triple forte	extremely soft triple piano
Antonyms	pianississimo	fortississimo
Usage	Tchaikovsky marks the cannon shots in the 1812 Overture fortississimo — real artillery pieces were intended, not just loud percussion.	The final bars fade to pianississimo — the strings barely touching their bows to the strings, the sound dissolving into silence.

Definition: Extremely loud; louder than fortissimo.
Category: dynamics
Pronunciation: for-TEE-see-see-moh
Origin: Italian
Synonyms: extremely loud triple forte
Antonyms: pianississimo
Usage: Tchaikovsky marks the cannon shots in the 1812 Overture fortississimo — real artillery pieces were intended, not just loud percussion.

Definition: Extremely soft; softer than pianissimo.
Category: dynamics
Pronunciation: pyah-NEE-see-see-moh
Origin: Italian
Synonyms: extremely soft triple piano
Antonyms: fortississimo
Usage: The final bars fade to pianississimo — the strings barely touching their bows to the strings, the sound dissolving into silence.