crescendoes
noun
Meaning
- An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < ), by musicians called a hairpin.
- A gradual increase of anything, especially to a dramatic climax.
- The climax of a gradual increase.
- To increase in intensity; to reach or head for a crescendo.
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