decrescendo
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- noun
- /ˌdeɪkrɪˈʃɛndoʊ/
- Specialized
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decrecendo
- For example, to teach students to crescendo and decrescendo, you can have them get gradually louder as they count aloud from one to five, and then get gradually softer as they count backward to one.
Examples
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Mark these nuances in great detail by writing in small crescendos and decrescendos so that every note is part of or has a shape or direction.
Academic text (2002) -
Reverse the order for decrescendos (8, 7, 6, 1), with each successive number diminishing in volume.
Academic text (2011) -
The organist plays a brief decrescendo.
Fiction book (2001) -
Once the fast tempo fell into a decrescendo, the sound became quiet and tranquil, as though someone had fallen asleep.
Blog text (30) -
For a decrescendo, instruct singers to diminish.
Academic text (2004) -
Students will develop the ability to perform a crescendo or decrescendo. For an eight-count crescendo, students will count out loud for eight counts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8), speaking each number louder than the preceding number.
Academic text (2011) -
As the piece reached its end, the orchestra played a stunning decrescendo that left the audience in hushed awe.
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The conductor signaled for a decrescendo, allowing the music to fade softly into silence.
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In the final movement, the composer introduced a beautiful decrescendo that enhanced the emotional impact of the performance.
Synonyms
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A slow loss of brightness, sound, or strength until almost gone
Becoming quieter over time in music
Antonyms
How Loud
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Decrescendo comes from Italian and Latin parts de- ('down') and crescere ('to grow'), and it is the opposite of crescendo. So a decrescendo is a slow decrease in loudness.