There are may ways to say slow like
Lento
Adagio
Andante (moderately slow)
There are many other ways to say slow but these are the basics
Musical terms indicating a slow tempo include "Adagio", "Largo" and "Lento."
ritardando, often abbreviated as ritard or rit.
Another answer:You may be thinking of diminuendo (or decrescendo; they're synonymous).
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The musical term, "dynamics," refers to the volume at which the performer should play the music. For example, "forte" means loud, while "piano" means soft and "crescendo" means to get gradually louder, while "decrescendo" means to get gradually softer. Dynamic terms mostly originate from the Italian language.
The terms "ritardando" and "rallentando" are both used to signify a gradually decreasing tempo.
vibrato of someones voice
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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.
Crescendo means gradually getting louder, in music terms.
Decrescendo
The musical term, "dynamics," refers to the volume at which the performer should play the music. For example, "forte" means loud, while "piano" means soft and "crescendo" means to get gradually louder, while "decrescendo" means to get gradually softer. Dynamic terms mostly originate from the Italian language.
A cresendo is when start soft and work your way up. Actually, that's not exactly correct. Crescendo simply means to gradually get louder. You don't necessarily start soft, you get louder from whatever volume level you are currently playing.
Ritardando is a musical term meaning to gradually slow down in tempo.
The term is Ritardando.
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.
Yes, it is a noun. It can mean getting along, or a musical term.
Sfumato is the term for the effect in painting where you have softer or smokey edges.
For musical notation, pp stands for pianissimo, which means very softly, and ppp stands for piano possible, which is as soft as possible.If you want to gradually get softer in volume, you would write a diminuendo (dim), which simply means, gradually softer as you play. Hope that was helpful!
The terms "ritardando" and "rallentando" are both used to signify a gradually decreasing tempo.