Niente (musical dynamic)

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Niente, also called quasi niente, is a musical dynamic often used at the end of a piece to direct the performer to fade the music away to little more than a bare whisper, normally gradually with a diminuendo,[1] al niente.[2] It is often written as "n" or "ø".

The difference, "from a musical rest," may be explain, "in that [during niente] the musician is engaged in making sound but so softly that the sound can not be heard."[3]

References

  1. ↑ Collins Encyclopedia of Music, p. 379. ISBN 0-907486-50-9
  2. ↑ Bauer, Helen (2009). Young People's Guide to Classical Music, p.32. Hal Leonard. ISBN 9781574671810.
  3. ↑ Zimmerman, Joyce Ann (2010). Silence: Everyday Living and Praying, p.63n8. Liturgy Training Publications. ISBN 9781568549026.