1.9 al niente
ES: ?, I: al niente, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: häviten olemattomiin.
[Italian: ‘to nothing’.] Used with decrescendo to indicate that the sound should fade away to nothing.
Al niente is indicated by circling the tip of the hairpin:
or with the actual phrase al niente:
Since one does not crescendo to nothing, it is not correct to use al niente with crescendo. Instead, one should use dal niente (from nothing).
See also
crescendo, decrescendo, hairpin.