What is the musical term for softness, that which follows a brass-blaring-drum-pounding crescendo? I think it might be diminuendo*. What a lovely word, how it rolls off your tongue ... try saying it aloud. Diminuendo. Ahhhh sounds like it could be a new bubble bath from Chanel. It also subtly harkens of good things yet to come. We are far from done here, it gently whispers. But let's go softly for a step. READ MORE