In a crescendo, the music is getting louder. There's often a crescendo in a large group of talking people, too.
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.
Noun
(music) a gradual increase in loudness
Verb
grow louder; "The music crescendoes here"
Adjective S.
gradually increasing in volume
a. & adv.
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.
n.
A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone
with which a passage is performed.
n.
A passage to be performed with constantly increasing
volume of tone.
Crescendo
Crescendo
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.
A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed.
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