Meaning of CRESCENDO
| Pronunciation: | | kri'shendow
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- [n] (music) a gradual increase in loudness
- [adj] gradually increasing in volume
- [v] grow louder, of sound; "The music crescendoes here"
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| | Synonyms: | | increasing |
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| | Antonyms: | | decrescendo | | |
| | See Also: | | increase, intensity, loudness, swell, volume | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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