Hello nautico,
Thank you for your question.
This almost seemed too simple, so I read and re-read your question and
did a bit of searching as well. But the simple, accurate answer is
"fade-out". A fade can occur over a "vamp" which is what the repeating
lyric portion might be referred to.
Modern music is produced using recording consoles or "mixers" that
have a strip of electronics for each microphone or signal in the tune.
Some instruments, such as drums for example, may use 6, 8 or more
mics, so each strip is not for an instrument, but for a signal.
At the bottom of each strip is a linear throw volume control called a
"fader". In more sophisticated consoles, you can automate the movement
of these faders and control them as an individual channel, sub group
or even the total output level at the "master" stereo faders. The
control track to encode these movements were once kept on a tape track
and are now digitally stored in memory or on a removable media.
When you are ending a tune and programming a slow volume decrease down
to inaudibility, you are "fading out".
"...Someone has to count out the beat so everyone starts together, but
the end of the number, which, from an artistic standpoint, is every
bit as important as the beginning, has become a slow fade-out. The
music has a beginning and a middle, but no ending, and that makes
artistic expression impossible. It is as though every recording is a
segment, but not a complete piece of work. Our ears tell us that the
music goes on, even though we can't hear it..."
http://www.blockhead.com/lincjazz.htm
In video, this technique is called "fade to black". And, if one were
to fade out one set of sounds while slowly replacoing them with
another set, it is called a "cross-fade".
I hope this is what you were seeking. If I have missed the mark,
please clarify and I'll seek out other terms for you. However, after
25 years in the recording biz, I think fade-out and perhaps vamp and
fade-out are what you are seeking.
Regards,
-=clouseau=- |
