À peine: meaning and use in music

à peine means barely audible / scarcely.

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barely audible / scarcely

How is à peine played?

Make the sound or effect only just audible or present; used for something extremely soft, discreet or almost nothing.

Equivalent terms

  • IT appena
  • IT quasi niente
  • DE kaum hörbar
  • DE fast nichts
  • EN barely
  • EN hardly

Music theory and score context

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