What does psf mean? (Debussy’s Danse Bohémienne)
Merlin avatarLevel 16
Merlin

The "p" (piano) should be separated a bit more: p sf. 😉
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The "p" (piano) concerns the "GRACE note", the EXTRA note (here: a G note one octave lower, barely played), an extra note added as an EMBELLISHMENT and NOT essential to the harmony or melody 😉
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sf means: "sforzando" (straining, hold out) for the first of all the G notes that we partially see already LINKED (= "curves" connects the G notes for 8 beats (3x2 + a 'dotted' black 2x1 ) 😉
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ANSWER to your question, dear KNITKNOT:
p sf (or psf for printing companies) means :
PIANO SFORZANDO 😉

Merlin avatarLevel 16
Merlin

Please, SEE and LISTEN at 1:43 😉:

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