crescendo - Dictionary definition and meaning for word
crescendo
Definition (noun) (music) a gradual increase in loudness
Definition (verb) grow louder
Example Sentence
The music crescendoes here
Definition (adj) gradually increasing in volume
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for crescendo
divide it like cresc(sound like krish)+end..at the end of krish movie..when hrithik kills the villian..the intensity or the volume of music increses .which conveys the feeling.
crescent is moon...moon increases in size phase by phase..therefore crescendo is to increase in volume
CRESCENDO - CR + ESCENDO (ASCEND) - ascend means a gradual rising...here it refers to an increase in volume.
do u know the organisation red crescent? the shape of curved moon in red crescent's symbol? so this moon's shape will be full in days step by step. And crescendo means gradual increase in the intensity
The crescent moon fills in more and more reaching a crescendo of being full.
another mnemonic:the climax or end of the krish movie is very good.
crescendo,sounds like"creep shadow", lets imagine, a shadow of a creepy person, saw it self in the mirror and started gradually screaming! " basically because he was scared from his own reflection"
-creep shadow crescendo.
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