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a gradual increase 1. : a gradual increase especially in the loudness of music. 2. : the peak of a gradual increase. crescendo adverb or adjective.

Doubling implies that a particular note in a chord is being played or sung by more than one voice or instrument. Doubling may be in unison, that is, the exact same pitch, or in octaves. Inversion and doubling are the two principal methods of voicing used by music arrangers.

A crescendo is an increase in the dynamic level of music over a predetermined period of time. In simpler terms, it is music getting louder. For example, if a passage starts at a pianissimo dynamic and grows to a fortissimo dynamic, this would be a crescendo.

an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color. the tones or sounds employed, occurring in single line (melody) or multiple lines (harmony), and sounded or to be sounded by one or more voices or instruments, or both.

crescendo (abbreviated cresc.) translates as "increasing" (literally "growing") decrescendo (abbreviated to decresc.) translates as "decreasing".

A crescendo is used for gradually getting louder, and a decrescendo or diminuendo is used for gradually getting softer. These may be indicated with the terms themselves, by abbreviations (cresc., decresc., dim.), or graphically.

Meaning of doubling in English to become twice as much or as many, or to make something twice as much or many: The government aims to double the number of students in higher education within 25 years.

A player who plays two instruments from the same family (e.g., oboe and English horn, clarinet and bass clarinet, flute and piccolo) is also often considered a woodwind doubler, but is usually paid less than a player who plays instruments from different families.

a gradual increase in loudness, or the moment when a noise or piece of music is at its loudest: The music reached a crescendo. an increase in excitement, danger, or action: There has been a rising crescendo of violence in the region.

So next time you are listening to a piece of music, try to separate out the parts and listen to how each of the Elements of Music are being used. Listen for the Dynamics, Form, Harmony, Melody, Rhythm, Texture, Timbre and Tonality. You might even want to start keeping a listening journal of the music you hear.

“Hurrian Hymn No. 6” is considered the world's earliest melody, but the oldest musical composition to have survived in its entirety is a first century A.D. Greek tune known as the “Seikilos Epitaph.” The song was found engraved on an ancient marble column used to mark a woman's gravesite in Turkey.

decrescendo (or diminuendo) al pianissimo means - decrease gradually in power until the pianissimo (or very soft) point is reached.