Niente
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Niente (Italian pronunciation: [ˈnjɛnte]), also called quasi niente [ˈkwaːzi ˈnjɛnte], 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". It is also used to direct the performer to fade into a note without any articulation at the beginning of the note, known as dal niente (from nothing): "n
".
Niente is distinct from a rest "in that [during niente] the musician is engaged in making sound, but so softly that the sound can not be heard."[3]
See also
- Ensemble Dal Niente
- Morendo
- Pensato
References
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Dynamics
- Accent
- Fortepiano
- Hauptstimme
- Niente
- Pensato
- Sotto voce
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