A special talent for playing loud? (5)

I believe the answer is:

forte

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'a special talent' is the definition.
'forte' can be an answer for 'talent' (thesaurus). I'm not certain of the 'a special' bit.

'for playing loud?' is the wordplay.
'playing loud?' becomes 'te' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'for'+'te'='FORTE'

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(Other definitions for forte that I've seen before include "Loud (music)" , "In music, to be played loudly" , "Skill" , "Strong point - loudly (in music)" , "Personal strong suit" .)

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