perdendosi

1. (music) A gradual fading away.Examples: "Then towards the end you hear them both interlaced, and both are being resolved in a perdendosi."; "For the AnC period, Karlgren (Études, pp. 38-39) describes the Four tones p'ing ('even perdendosi'), shang ('rising perdendosi'), ch'u ('probably falling perdendosi'), ju (ex abrupto), but then ..."; "The final nine bars must be played in strict time: the perdendosi effect relies on the lessening of rhythmic activity rather than a slackening of tempo."