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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 "File:Music-diminuendo.svgn" or "File:Music-diminuendo.svgø". 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): "nFile:Music-crescendo.svg".
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]
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- ^ Bauer, Helen (2009). Young People's Guide to Classical Music, p.32. Hal Leonard. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
- ^ Zimmerman, Joyce Ann (2010). Silence: Everyday Living and Praying, p.63n8. Liturgy Training Publications. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
