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Crescendo Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Crescendo? [n] (music) a gradual increase in loudness [adj] gradually increasing in volume [v] grow louder, of sound; "The music crescendoes here" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Crescendo: increasing Related Terms \| Find terms related to Crescendo: a cappella \| abbandono \| access \| accession \| accrescendo \| accretion \| accrual \| accrue \| accruement \| accumulate \| accumulation \| acme \| adagietto \| adagio \| add to \| addition \| adjunct \| advance \| affettuoso \| aggrandize \| aggrandizement \| agilmente \| agitato \| allegretto \| allegro \| amabile \| amoroso \| ampliation \| amplification \| amplify \| andante \| andantino \| apex \| apogee \| appassionatamente \| appassionato \| appreciate \| appreciation \| ascent \| augment \| augmentation \| awake the dead \| balloon \| ballooning \| blast \| blast the ear \| bloat \| bloating \| blow up \| boom \| boost \| breed \| brillante \| broaden \| broadening \| build \| build up \| buildup \| bulk \| bulk out \| capriccioso \| capstone \| climax \| con affetto \| con agilita \| con agitazione \| con amore \| crash \| crest \| culmen \| culmination \| deafen \| decrescendo \| deployment \| develop \| development \| dilate \| diminuendo \| din \| dispersion \| distend \| dolce \| edema \| elevation \| enlarge \| enlargement \| expand \| expansion \| extend \| extension \| fanning out \| fill out \| fill the air \| flare \| flood \| forte \| fortissimo \| fullness \| gain \| gain strength \| get ahead \| go up \| greaten \| greatening \| grow \| growth \| gush \| hike \| hike up \| hiking \| huff \| increase \| increment \| inflate \| inflation \| intensify \| intensity \| jump \| lamentabile \| larghetto \| larghissimo \| largo \| leap \| legato \| leggiero \| loudishness \| loudness \| magnification \| magnify \| marcando \| meridian \| morendo \| mount \| mounting \| multiplication \| multiply \| parlando \| peak \| peal \| pianissimo \| piano \| pizzicato \| prestissimo \| presto \| productiveness \| proliferate \| proliferation \| puff \| puff up \| pump \| pump up \| raise \| raising \| rallentando \| rarefy \| rattle the windows \| rend the air \| rend the ears \| resound \| ring \| rise \| ritardando \| ritenuto \| rock the sky \| run up \| scherzando \| scherzo \| scherzoso \| shoot up \| snowball \| snowballing \| sonority \| sonorousness \| sordo \| sotto voce \| spiccato \| splay \| split the eardrums \| split the ears \| spread \| spreading \| staccato \| startle the echoes \| strengthen \| stretch \| stretto \| stun \| sufflate \| surge \| surge of sound \| swell \| swelling \| thunder \| tremolando \| tremoloso \| trillando \| tumefy \| tumescence \| up \| upping \| upsurge \| upswing \| uptrend \| upturn \| volume \| wax \| waxing \| widen \| widening See Also \| increase \| intensity \| loudness \| swell \| volume Crescendo In Webster's Dictionary \Crescen"do\ (kr?s-s?n"d?; It. kr?-sh?n"d?), a. & adv. [It., from crescere to increase. See {Crescent}.] (Mus.) With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for the performance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the word on the score. \Crescen"do\, n. (Mus.) (a) A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed. (b) A passage to be performed with constantly increasing volume of tone.

Crescendo Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Crescendo?

[n] (music) a gradual increase in loudness
[adj] gradually increasing in volume
[v] grow louder, of sound; "The music crescendoes here"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Crescendo: increasing

Crescendo In Webster's Dictionary

\Cres*cen"do\ (kr?s-s?n"d?; It. kr?-sh?n"d?), a. &
adv. [It., from crescere to increase. See {Crescent}.] (Mus.)
With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually
increasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for
the performance of music, indicated by the mark, or by
writing the word on the score.


\Cres*cen"do\, n. (Mus.)
(a) A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone
    with which a passage is performed.
(b) A passage to be performed with constantly increasing
    volume of tone.

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