diminuendo
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Later, after a short diminuendo featuring Joachim’s gorgeous live singing and those choppy, sampled vocals, the full-band dynamic returns, now with fiery lines from Joachim’s flute.
From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2024
For the “Flower Song” from “Carmen,” Tetelman cushions the contours of his phrases, hooks into high notes without breaking the musical line and nails the diminuendo on the high B flat.
From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2022
Saints meanwhile are coming off the back of their no-show in the FA Cup semi, and, with relegation a fate unlikely to befall them, face an elongated diminuendo to their season.
From The Guardian • Apr. 21, 2021
In Mitchell’s case, the diminuendo was especially long, and his continued expectations for himself much higher.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 20, 2015
It was an odd contrast between the triumphant note which had crept into the great barrister's voice and the diminuendo of Peggy's.
From A Butterfly on the Wheel by Gull, Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger
Vocabulary lists containing diminuendo
Music - Middle School
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Music - High School
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Vocabulary from Readings 2, Unit 1
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