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Both "diminuendo" and "decrescendo" ( < ) signal a musician to get quieter in playing. To get louder is "crescendo" ( > ).

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What is another word for decrescendo in piano?

Diminuendo. Diminuendo means get softer slowly, just like decrescendo.


What is a diminuego in music?

Did you mean a diminuendo perhaps? A diminuendo is a decrease in volume or sound usually indicated by an elongated &gt; symbol.


How do you make crescendo an antonym?

"crescendo" in Italian means "growing". In music, what is "grows" is the volume. Therefore the antonym is "diminuendo", meaning "lowering" (the volume).


What is another name for decrescendo?

diminuendo


A crecendo followed by a diminuendo?

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What actors and actresses appeared in Diminuendo - 2011?

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Diminuendo means the same as:?

****DECRECENDO****


What is also called diminuendo?

Decrescendo


Is 'diminuendo' a type of dynamics?

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.


What in music is a decrease in loudness called?

Diminuendo (Dim.) or Decrecsendo (Dec.) Diminuendo is more widely used, but they both mean the same thing


A gradual slowing-down of tempo is indicated by the term?

It is called Diminuendo. It's actually called Rallentando ... diminuendo is a dynamic control indicating to start playing softer (quieter).


What is crescendo followed by diminuendo?

Not always. Sometimes the dynamic of the music escalates and then stays at that new dynamic for the remainder of the song. Most of the time, however, there is a diminuendo following the creschendo.