crescendo
Noun
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referred to in: music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manneris a type of: intensity, loudness, volume - the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)subtypes: swell - a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
Adjective
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referred to in: music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous mannersimilar to: increasing - (music) increasing in tempo and/or volume
Verb
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is a type of: increase - become bigger or greater in amount
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