Question

I think it would be helpful to have a new dynamic designation - Niente, meaning, no volume.  Often I'm trying to write string swells where I want them to fade from nothing to some other dynamic, and there's really no convenient way to do this.

Answer 1

Micheal!
It took me a while to figure out what a "niento" was.
The correct spelling of the italian word after the musical term is moulded on is "niente", "nothing".
Ciao! 

Answer 2

Ha!!  Creative Italian, 101.  I've corrected the post.  Thanks Fabio, and Ciao!

Answer 3

In terms of orchestration, the niente dynamic is a bad idea that is better replaced with pppp.  The idea that there exists something here that you cannot do in Notion is simply false.