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Created page with 'File:lighterstill.jpgright|frame ==Origin== Italian, from ''crescendo'', adjective, increasing, gerund of ''crescere'' to grow, increase, from [[L...'
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==Origin==
Italian, from ''crescendo'', adjective, increasing, gerund of ''crescere'' to [[grow]], increase, from [[Latin]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_century 1775]
==Definitions==
*1a : a [[gradual]] increase; specifically : a gradual increase in [[volume]] of a [[musical]] passage
:b : the [[peak]] of a gradual increase : climax <complaints about stifling smog conditions reach a crescendo — Down Beat>
*2: a crescendo musical passage
==Description==
Two Italian [[words]] are used to show [[gradual]] changes in volume. '''Crescendo''', abbreviated ''cresc''., [[translates]] as "gradually becoming louder", and ''diminuendo'', abbreviated ''dim''., means "gradually becoming softer". The alternate decrescendo, abbreviated to ''decresc''., also means "gradually becoming softer". [[Signs]] sometimes referred to as "hairpins" are also used to stand for these [[words]] (See image). If the lines are joined at the left, then the indication is to get louder; if they join at the right, the indication is to get softer. The following notation indicates music starting moderately loud, then [[becoming]] gradually louder and then gradually quieter:
[[File:Cresendo_w-hairpins.jpg|center|frame]]
Hairpins are usually written below the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staff_(music) staff], but are sometimes found above, especially in music for [[singers]] or in music with multiple [[melody]] lines being played by a single performer. They tend to be used for [[dynamic]] changes over a relatively short space of time, while ''cresc''., ''decresc''. and ''dim''. are generally used for dynamic changes over a longer period. For long stretches, dashes are used to extend the words so that it is clear over what time the [[event]] should occur. It is not [[necessary]] to draw dynamic marks over more than a few bars, whereas [[word]] directions can remain in [[force]] for pages if [[necessary]].
For greater changes in dynamics, ''cresc''. ''molto'' and ''dim. molto'' are often used, where the ''molto'' means much. Similarly, for slow changes ''cresc''. ''poco a poco'' and ''dim. poco a poco'' are used, where ''poco a poco'' [[translates]] as little by little.
[[Category: Music]]
==Origin==
Italian, from ''crescendo'', adjective, increasing, gerund of ''crescere'' to [[grow]], increase, from [[Latin]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_century 1775]
==Definitions==
*1a : a [[gradual]] increase; specifically : a gradual increase in [[volume]] of a [[musical]] passage
:b : the [[peak]] of a gradual increase : climax <complaints about stifling smog conditions reach a crescendo — Down Beat>
*2: a crescendo musical passage
==Description==
Two Italian [[words]] are used to show [[gradual]] changes in volume. '''Crescendo''', abbreviated ''cresc''., [[translates]] as "gradually becoming louder", and ''diminuendo'', abbreviated ''dim''., means "gradually becoming softer". The alternate decrescendo, abbreviated to ''decresc''., also means "gradually becoming softer". [[Signs]] sometimes referred to as "hairpins" are also used to stand for these [[words]] (See image). If the lines are joined at the left, then the indication is to get louder; if they join at the right, the indication is to get softer. The following notation indicates music starting moderately loud, then [[becoming]] gradually louder and then gradually quieter:
[[File:Cresendo_w-hairpins.jpg|center|frame]]
Hairpins are usually written below the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staff_(music) staff], but are sometimes found above, especially in music for [[singers]] or in music with multiple [[melody]] lines being played by a single performer. They tend to be used for [[dynamic]] changes over a relatively short space of time, while ''cresc''., ''decresc''. and ''dim''. are generally used for dynamic changes over a longer period. For long stretches, dashes are used to extend the words so that it is clear over what time the [[event]] should occur. It is not [[necessary]] to draw dynamic marks over more than a few bars, whereas [[word]] directions can remain in [[force]] for pages if [[necessary]].
For greater changes in dynamics, ''cresc''. ''molto'' and ''dim. molto'' are often used, where the ''molto'' means much. Similarly, for slow changes ''cresc''. ''poco a poco'' and ''dim. poco a poco'' are used, where ''poco a poco'' [[translates]] as little by little.
[[Category: Music]]