crescendo

  • 21crescendo — s. m. 1. Aumento progressivo de sons; gradação. 2. Aumento progressivo e geral …

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  • 22crescendo — [n] increase to climax apex, ascension, building, climb, crest, critical mass, culmination, elevation, escalation, intensification, peak, pinnacle, rise, summit, surge, upsurge, zenith; concept 836 …

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  • 23crescendo — ► NOUN 1) (pl. crescendos or crescendi) a gradual increase in loudness in a piece of music. 2) the loudest or climactic point. ► ADVERB & ADJECTIVE Music ▪ with a gradual increase in loudness. ► VERB (crescendoes …

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  • 24Crescendo — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Crescendo est un mot italien indiquant qu il faut augmenter graduellement l intensité d un son ; Crescendo restauration est une chaîne de… …

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  • 25crescendo — [[t]krɪʃe̱ndoʊ[/t]] crescendos 1) N COUNT: usu sing, oft N of n A crescendo is a noise that gets louder and louder. Some people also use crescendo to refer to the point when a noise is at its loudest. She spoke in a crescendo: You are a bad girl! …

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  • 26Crescendo — У этого термина существуют и другие значения, см. Crescendo (значения). Нотное обозначение Crescendo (читается как крещендо)  музыкальный термин, обозначающий постепенное увеличение силы звука. В нотах обозначается знаком «<», или… …

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  • 27Crescendo — (Voz italiana.) ► sustantivo masculino 1 MÚSICA Fragmento musical que se ejecuta aumentando gradualmente la intensidad del sonido. 2 MÚSICA Este aumento gradual de la intensidad del sonido. FRASEOLOGÍA ► locución adverbial in crescendo Aumentando …

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  • 28crescendo — noun (C) 1 a sound or a piece of music that becomes gradually louder: rise to/reach a crescendo (=to gradually become louder): The violins had reached a crescendo. | Her voice rose to a crescendo. opposite diminuendo 2 a time when people are… …

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  • 29crescendo — (krè chin do, ou, plus ordinairement, et en s écartant de la prononciation italienne, crè ssin do) s. m. Terme de musique. Augmentation progressive des sons de la voix et des instruments. Ce crescendo est magnifique.    Adverbialement. Ce passage …

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  • 30crescendo — cre|scen|do [krıˈʃendəu US dou] n plural crescendos [Date: 1700 1800; : Italian; Origin: growing , from Latin crescendum, from crescere; CRESCENT] 1.) if a sound or a piece of music rises to a crescendo, it gradually becomes louder until it is… …

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