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Diminuendo

noun
1.
(music) a gradual decrease in loudness.  Synonym: decrescendo.






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"Diminuendo" Quotes from Famous Books



... another, like smooth pearls of sound that rolled through the throat in a continuous current; then came a few sharp notes as of a large bird that snaps his bill; then a long, half-melodious rumbling, intermingled with cacklings and snaps, and at last, a sort of diminuendo movement of the same round, pearly clucks. There was a whizzing of wing-beats in the air; two large birds swept over their heads and struck down into the copse whence the sound ...
— Tales From Two Hemispheres • Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen



Words linked to "Diminuendo" :   decreasing, music, softness



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