decrescendo

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Decrescendo notation.

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From Italian decrescendo.

[edit] Noun

decrescendo (plural decrescendos)

  1. (music) An instruction to play gradually more softly.

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decrescendo (third-person singular simple present decrescendos, present participle decrescendoing, simple past and past participle decrescendoed)

  1. (music) To gradually become quieter

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decrescendo

  1. becoming quieter gradually.

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decrescendo

  1. gerund of decrescere
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