Softer – but how? In music, there are many ways to do this: lessing, yielding, extinguishing, decreasing to nothing. Discover here 24 different ways to say “softer” in music – in four languages.
| Italiano | English | Deutsch | Français |
|---|---|---|---|
| più piano | softer | leiser | plus doucement |
| acchetandosi/acquietandosi | becoming calmer | sich beruhigend | en s'apaisant |
| addolcendo | softening | sanft werdend/abmildernd | en adoucissant |
| affievolendo/indebolendo | weakening | abschwächend/schwächer werdend | en affaiblissant |
| allontanandosi/allontanando | receding/moving away | sich entfernend/entfernend | en s'éloignant |
| assottigliando | dwindling | verringernd | en amenuisant |
| attenuando | lessing | dämpfend | en attenuant |
| calando/calante | waning/lowering | absinkend | en faisant descendre/en descendant |
| cedendo | yielding | nachgebend | en cédant |
| decrescendo | decreasing | abnehmend | en décroissant |
| diluendo | thinning out/weakening | auflösend/verdünnend | en diluant |
| diminuendo/sminuendo | diminishing | vermindernd | en diminuant |
| estinguendosi/estinguendo | extinguishing | verlöschend | en s'éteignant |
| evaporandosi | evaporating | verdunstend | en s'evaporant |
| perdendosi | decreasing to nothing | sich verlierend/verebbend | en se perdant |
| placando/mitigando | appeasing | besänftigend | en apaisant |
| raddolcendo/raddolcente | sweetening | sanfter werdend | en adoucissant |
| scemando/deficiendo | getting less | abnehmend | en amoindrissant |
| smorzando | subduing | dämpfend/abschwächend | en amortissant |
| spegnendo | extinguishing | auslöschend | en éteignant |
| stinto/spento | extinguished | erloschen/erlöscht | éteint |
| temperando | moderating | mäßigend | en modérant |
| togliendo | taking away | wegnehmend | en ôtant |
| abbassando | lowering | absinkend | en abaissant |
Jonathan Stark – Conductor
Hello! I'm Jonathan Stark. As a conductor, it is important to me that visits to concerts and operas leave a lasting impression on the audience. Background knowledge helps to achieve this. That's why I blog here about key works of classical music, about composers, about opera and much more that happens in the exciting world of music.
