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Decrescendo

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.

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

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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