Meaning & use
smorzando
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A musical direction meaning to gradually fade away or die down in volume and tempo.
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The pianist played the final passage smorzando, letting the melody dissolve into silence.
The conductor marked the closing bars smorzando to create a hushed ending.
A note on using this word
Borrowed directly from Italian, where "smorzare" means "to extinguish" or "to dampen," as one might smother a flame.
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