calcando

: diminishing in loudness and sometimes tempo. used as a direction in music.

becoming slower : becoming slower. used as a direction in music.

Furioso (I) Furious, frenzied.

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

Metric rhythm may be isometric or multimetric. In both cases, all time values are fractions or multiples of a beat; but in isometric rhythm, the groups of beats or measures are equal, with the first beat usually accented.

The word leggiero is Italian for 'light' or 'lightly'. The term is used on a musical score – typically in relation to swift passages – to indicate the musician should play the relevant section with a light, delicate and graceful touch.

These nuances could be that a note is slightly off-pitch, that a note is slightly louder than the preceding note, or (in the case of microtiming) falls ever-so-slightly off of the meter of the beat.

Lento – slowly (40–45 BPM) Largo – broadly (45–50 BPM) Adagio – slow and stately (literally, “at ease”) (55–65 BPM) Adagietto – rather slow (65–69 BPM)

Synonyms of frenzied (adj. uncontrolled)

• agitated.
• delirious.
• feverish.
• frantic.
• frenetic.
• furious.
• hysterical.
• rabid.

adjective. If you are frantic, you are behaving in a wild and uncontrolled way because you are frightened or worried. A bird had been locked in and was by now quite frantic. Synonyms: frenzied, wild, mad [informal], raging More Synonyms of frantic. frantically (fræntɪkli ) adverb [ADV with v]

. The crescendo of noise was continuous. The applause rose to a crescendo and cameras clicked. There was a crescendo of parliamentary and press criticism.

In a crescendo, the music is getting louder. There's often a crescendo in a large group of talking people, too. This word comes from classical music, where it's very important how loudly the instruments play.