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Whats it called when music fades in and out?
An outro (sometimes "outtro", also "extro") is the opposite of an intro. ... It can refer to the concluding track of an album or to an outro-solo, an instrumental solo (usually a guitar solo) played as the song fades out or until it stops.
What is fade out in music?
A recorded song may be gradually reduced to silence at its end (fade-out), or may gradually increase from silence at the beginning (fade-in). Fading-out can serve as a recording solution for pieces of music that contain no obvious ending.
Why do 70s songs fade out?
Many early fade-outs were added simply because engineers were short on time: To meet the demands of radio, or the limited runtime of one side of a vinyl single, they had to make the record fade out early. At some point, studio engineers found that the fade-out could also be used for dramatic effect.
