Ben
The modifier "well, fully" — ben marcato means strongly marked
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Ben ("well, fully") is an Italian modifier placed before another term to strengthen it: ben marcato is "strongly marked", ben tenuto "fully held". It does not by itself mark a tempo or a dynamic.
It differs from molto: molto is "very", ben is closer to "well, properly". The usual mistake is to read ben as a standalone dynamic — it is only an adverb; when you see ben, first see which word it modifies.
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- ben 作为表情修饰语的用法，参 The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "Tempo and tempo marks"；本文为原创表述
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