sparseness

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But most of all, the song is an unadorned message directly to his wife, hence its simplicity, its sparseness, the intimacy of the vocal.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2023

He toys with sparseness, then a new pitched percussion chord leads to a subtle electric guitar declaration; it’s lightly distorted, yet not driven in an overly obvious way.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2023

Yet the sparseness of Beethoven's sketches made it impossible for symphony experts to go beyond that first movement.

From Salon • Oct. 9, 2021

The sparseness of trees and other vegetation near the peaks means that when fires do start in, or move to, those elevations, “they don’t get very big, and they run out of fuel,” Kolden says.

From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2021

The couple were so near the river, that, when not able to catch a glimpse of its shining surface, it was located by the sparseness of the trees.

From Footprints in the Forest by Ellis, Edward Sylvester