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Decrescendo

Decrescendo Meaning & Definition
Decrescendo Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Decrescendo?

[n] (music) a gradual decrease in loudness
[adj] gradually decreasing in volume
[v] grow quieter, of sound; "The music decrescendoes here"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Decrescendo: decreasing | diminuendo | diminuendo

Related Terms | Find terms related to Decrescendo: a cappella | abbandono | accrescendo | adagietto | adagio | affettuoso | agilmente | agitato | allegretto | allegro | amabile | amoroso | andante | andantino | appassionatamente | appassionato | barely audible | brillante | capriccioso | catabasis | collapse | con affetto | con agilita | con agitazione | con amore | contractive | crash | crescendo | deceleration | declension | decline | decline and fall | declining | decreasing | decreasingly | decrescent | deliquescent | dim | diminishing | diminishingly | diminuendo | dimness | distant | dive | dolce | downtrend | downturn | drop | dwindling | ebb | ever less | faint | faintness | faint-voiced | fall | feeble | feebleness | flatness | forte | fortissimo | gentle | gentleness | half-heard | indistinct | indistinctness | lamentabile | languishing | lapse | larghetto | larghissimo | largo | legato | leggiero | less | less and less | lessening | low | lowness | marcando | morendo | murmured | on the wane | parlando | pianissimo | piano | pizzicato | plunge | prestissimo | presto | rallentando | reductive | remission | retreat | ritardando | ritenuto | scarcely heard | scherzando | scherzo | scherzoso | slowdown | slump | soft | softness | soft-sounding | soft-voiced | sordo | sotto voce | spiccato | staccato | stretto | subaudibility | subaudible | subdued | subduedness | subsidence | subsiding | tremolando | tremoloso | trillando | unclear | unclearness | wane | waning | weak | weakness | weak-voiced | whispered

See Also | decrease | diminish | fall | lessen | softness

Decrescendo In Webster's Dictionary

\De`cres*cen"do\, a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.) With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to performers, either written upon the staff (abbreviated Dec., or Decresc.), or indicated by the sign.

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