It is called Diminuendo. It's actually called Rallentando ... diminuendo is a dynamic control indicating to start playing softer (quieter).
Diminuendo (Dim.) or Decrecsendo (Dec.) Diminuendo is more widely used, but they both mean the same thing
Both "diminuendo" and "decrescendo" ( < ) signal a musician to get quieter in playing. To get louder is "crescendo" ( > ).
The word "dim." is often used as a short form for diminuendo in music notation.
Diminuendo. Diminuendo means get softer slowly, just like decrescendo.
Did you mean a diminuendo perhaps? A diminuendo is a decrease in volume or sound usually indicated by an elongated > symbol.
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The cast of Diminuendo - 2011 includes: Kelsey Blackwell as Daughter Sam Dalton as Spenser Dalton
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Yes, the musical term 'diminuendo' is a type of dynamics. The word 'dynamics' refers to existing sound in terms of its levels of loudness or softness. The word 'diminuendo' is Italian for 'getting softer and softer'. So it measures sound in terms of softness. It therefore is a type of dynamics.
Not always. Sometimes the dynamic of the music escalates and then stays at that new dynamic for the remainder of the song. Most of the time, however, there is a diminuendo following the creschendo.