In music you see them written,
Written above the stave.
Those letters to show you,
Show you the volume,
The volume the music should be played.
The softest is when you see PP,
Pianissimo, very quiet.
Slightly louder you have P,
Piano, quietly.
Even louder you read MP,
Mezzo Piano, fairly quiet.
Then it all changes
When you see MF,
Mezzo Forte, fairly loud.
The volume goes up again with F,
Forte, Loud.
Then deafness creeps in
When you see FF,
Fortissimo, very loud.
Then there are the other ones,
The ones a friend of mine uses,
Uses on his trombone.
His PP is loud,
Which is Pretty Powerful,
Where P is only Powerful.
Then comes MP,
Which is Mighty Powerful,
Equalling the volume of MF,
Might Forceful.
Slightly quitter is F,
Forceful.
Then comes the quietest,
The quietest of them all,
Where FF is forceful,
But only Fairly Forceful.