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Just as in speech, silences in music can be used for emphasis, reiteration, and expression, or as a way of assisting the listener's understanding of the music. They mark changes of pace or subject, allowing the listener to process the content and comprehend the structure of the music.

Smorzando - (also Smorz.) Dying away. An indication for the music to gradually soften ([Diminuendo])and possibly also slow down ([Ritardando]), often found in the closing passages of a piece. Similar to [Morendo]

“Musical phrasing is the way a musician shapes a sequence of notes in a passage of music to allow expression, much like when speaking English a phrase may be written identically but may be spoken differently, and is named for the interpretation of small units of time known as phrases (half of a period).

Dynamics means how quietly or loudly a piece of music should be played. Dynamics are an important way of conveying the mood of a piece and your use of dynamics is a marked element of your performance. Composers use dynamics to change the mood.

"Silence" in spirituality is often a metaphor for inner stillness. A silent mind, freed from the onslaught of thoughts and thought patterns, is both a goal and an important step in spiritual development.

“I've never heard silence quite this loud” means that there is a lot that people want to say about a difficult or awkward subject that is not being said. There is unvoiced tension between the individuals present. Everyone is holding their tongues for some reason, and nobody has been willing to break the silence yet.

fading away; dying out [ smawrt-sahn-doh; Italian zmawr-tsahn-daw ] show ipa. adjectiveMusic. fading away; dying out (a musical direction).

adverb. /a'sːaj/ very , extremely , rather.

Definitions of phrasing. the manner in which something is expressed in words. synonyms: choice of words, diction, phraseology, verbiage, wording.

On the technical level, phrasing means creating a connection between notes, making them sound as if there are no audible gaps between them (at least if we talk about a legato phrase). A non-legato or staccato phrase is even more difficult to shape.

pitch, in music, position of a single sound in the complete range of sound. Sounds are higher or lower in pitch according to the frequency of vibration of the sound waves producing them.

A crescendo is when the music becomes gradually louder. A decrescendo, or diminuendo, is the opposite and is when the music becomes gradually softer in volume. The theme music to the movie – 2001 A Space Odyssey, composed by Strauss is a perfect example of changing dynamics used for a very dramatic effect.