Repeat and fade

Repeat and fade is a musical direction used in sheet music as a notational shortcut to more formal notations such as "Dal Segno".cite book| title = Melody in Songwriting: Tools and Techniques for Writing Hit Songs| edition = | last = Perricone | first = Jack| coauthors = | year = 2000| publisher = Berklee Press| id = ISBN 0-634-00638-X| pages = p. 6] The direction is to be taken literally: while repeating the chord progression and/or leit motif indicated prior to the section annotated "repeat and fade", the player(s) should continue to play/repeat, and the mixer or player(s) should fade the volume while the player(s) repeat the appropriate musical segments, until the song has been faded out (usually by faders on the mixing board).

Examples

Repeat and fade endings are rarely found in live performances, but are often used in pop recordings.cite book| title = Melody in Songwriting: Tools and Techniques for Writing Hit Songs| edition = | last = Perricone | first = Jack| coauthors = | year = 2000| publisher = Berklee Press| id = ISBN 0-634-00638-X| pages = p. 6] Examples include:
* "America" as recorded by Simon and Garfunkel [(Contrast to Yes' cover of the same song.)]
* "Fool on the Hill" as recorded by The Beatles
* "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" as recorded by Elton John
* "Karma Police" as recorded by Radiohead
* "King of the Road" as recorded by Roger Miller
* "Time and a Word" as recorded by Yescite book
title = Yes Yesterdays (Music score)
edition = Paperback
last = Anderson
first = Jon
coauthors = Foster, David
year = 1975
publisher = Warner Music
id = ASIN: B000CS2YT0
pages = p. 22]

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