Meanings
plural fade-aways
- alternativeAlternative spelling of fadeaway.
To call this music bland is to ignore the down-the-drain vocal fade-aways, the extended sax sustains […]
2011, Chuck Eddy, Rock and Roll Always Forgets, page 2651 more example
Instead of using a theatre's large stage, the video works with close-ups, side shots, exaggerated silhouettes and fade-aways, which are more suitable for the television screen.
2015, Gabriele Rippl, Handbook of Intermediality: Literature – Image – Sound – Music, page 558
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