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Crescendo Common

Crescendo has 6 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

(music) a gradual increase in loudness

2

An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < ), by musicians called a hairpin.

Verb
1

grow louder

"The music crescendoes here"

2

To increase in intensity; to reach or head for a crescendo.

Adjective
1

(music) gradually increasing in volume

Adverb
1

Gradually increasing in force or loudness.

See Also
hairpin gradually swell gradual intensity climax descrescendo instruction
Related Terms
Antonyms
decrescendo
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
volume increase
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
swell
Rhyming Words
ando undo indo endo bando cando dando mundo hando lando tondo rondo nondo mando mondo londo kondo hondo gondo dondo
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