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diminuendo

[dih-min-yoo-en-doh] / dɪˌmɪn yuˈɛn doʊ /


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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

The Philharmonic’s other soloists included the soprano Sherezade Panthaki, who scrupulously shaped her music by approaching top notes with a diminuendo.

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 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

A sudden forte followed by a diminuendo or piano.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various




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