About The Word Crescendo

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Crescendo

Crescendo Meaning & Definition
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

\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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