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 "
n" or "
ø". 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): "n
".
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]
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 "
n" or "
ø". 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): "n
".
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]