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Composer's Handbook
A dynamic trajectory shapes loudness over a long span.
Shape sixteen bars from piano through a crescendo to forte and then pull back.
Bars 1–4 p, bars 5–12 crescendo, bars 13–14 f, bars 15–16 diminuendo.
Grieg, In the Hall of the Mountain King