Meaning crescendo
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crescendo1776 as a musical term, from Italian crescendo "increasing," from Latin crescendo, ablative of gerund of crescere "to increase" (see crescent). Figurative use is from 1785. As a ve [..]
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crescendoAnother term for rhetorical climax. See climax, rhetorical, above.
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crescendo(music) a gradual increase in loudness gradually increasing in volume grow louder; "The music crescendoes here" In music, dynamics normally refers to the volume of a sound or [..]
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crescendoA directive to a performer to smoothly increase the volume of a particular phrase or passage. This can be designated with the word crescendo at the beginning of the passage or with the crescendo symbo [..]
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crescendoThe Crescendo website, liveupdate.com, has disappeared. Crescendo was a plug-in for midi and MP3 music files. There was a free version that waited until the entire file was downloaded before starting [..]
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crescendo Crescendo (cresc.) means to gradually become louder, and is indicated by the sign:
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crescendo(n) (music) a gradual increase in loudness(v) grow louder(adj) gradually increasing in volume
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crescendoTo become gradually louder. Also a term for swell shutters, louvers, or other mechanisms which control sound volume. * Antonym: decrescendo, the gradual decreasing of volume or intensity of music.
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crescendo(cresc.) gradually getting louder
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crescendogradually getting louder
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crescendoItalian dynamic marking meaning to gradually get louder.
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crescendoIncreasing loudness; getting louder.
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crescendo – growing; i.e., progressively louder (contrast diminuendo)
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crescendogradually becoming louder
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crescendogradually getting louder, notated by the < sign in a piece of music.
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crescendoA musical term for dynamics direction; gradually getting louder
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crescendo A gradual increase in loudness, or volume level.
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crescendoGradually growing louder
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crescendoa gradual increase in dynamics, or getting louder.
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crescendo(cresc., cres.) [It] gradually getting louder.
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crescendoThe Italian word Crescendo means to play your music beginning soft and then gradually get louder. The symbol is seen below on the third line and looks like a sideways V gradually opening up from p to [..]
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crescendoGradually getting louder
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crescendoIncrease in volume
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crescendobecoming louder. See also “dynamics”.
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crescendoGradual increase in volume.
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