Decrescendo.
Descrescendo or diminuendo
Decrescendo or dimuendo.
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Decrescendo
Decrescendo means to get softer, but to do so gradually, not immediately. A decrescendo can occur over a few beats or over many measures. When the decrescendo is spread over several measures, it may be indicated "Descrendo poco a poco" -- get softer little by little.
Piano
There is no single name for louder OR softer, they are 2 different musical terms.
Dynamics in music is how soft or loud the music is to be played. Softer songs are obviously meant to be played in a slower/softer dynamic. Also, if someone says "Good dynamics", this means that nothing is being overpowered by something else. If a band were to have bad dynamics, that would mean an instrument, such as the drums, were overpowering the guitars or vocals.
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decresendo is where the music becomes softer. It is an Italian word meaning growing softer. hope that helpedIt means gradually getting quieter (diminuendo means the same). Crescendo means gradually getting louder.
Decrescendo means to get softer, but to do so gradually, not immediately. A decrescendo can occur over a few beats or over many measures. When the decrescendo is spread over several measures, it may be indicated "Descrendo poco a poco" -- get softer little by little.
Piano
There is no single name for louder OR softer, they are 2 different musical terms.
Dynamics in music is how soft or loud the music is to be played. Softer songs are obviously meant to be played in a slower/softer dynamic. Also, if someone says "Good dynamics", this means that nothing is being overpowered by something else. If a band were to have bad dynamics, that would mean an instrument, such as the drums, were overpowering the guitars or vocals.
It comes from music and crescendo means gradually getting louder in music.
Softer
decrescendo
Yes, the musical term 'diminuendo' is a type of dynamics. The word 'dynamics' refers to existing sound in terms of its levels of loudness or softness. The word 'diminuendo' is Italian for 'getting softer and softer'. So it measures sound in terms of softness. It therefore is a type of dynamics.
Crescendo means getting louder.
Okay. First off, I am a senior in the High School Band. So you're getting the answer from an expert. A decrescendo is where the music note is getting softer. So it would be like this.>>>>>>___.That line represents the note going to nothing. The pieces we play in band, sometimes at the end we decrescendo to nothing.To add on to this:Decrescendo is another word for diminuendoIt's root: Italian, from decrescere "to decrease"Crescendo is just the opposite, to increase (that is in sound, etc.)
Most commonly, in music "dim" stands for "diminuendo". It is a dynamic and means to gradually play softer and softer. Typically, this should be continued until a new dynamic is given for the musician to adopt.