Crescendo means what?

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Crescendo means what?

Explanation:
In dynamics, crescendo means a gradual increase in volume over a passage. It’s shown in notation by the word crescendo or by a hairpin that opens to the right, guiding you to swell the sound until you reach a specified louder dynamic. That’s why the best choice is gradual getting louder. The other ideas describe different things: gradually getting softer is diminuendo, a sudden loud would be a sharp accent or similar marking, and returning to the original dynamic means resetting after a swell, not the ongoing rise.

In dynamics, crescendo means a gradual increase in volume over a passage. It’s shown in notation by the word crescendo or by a hairpin that opens to the right, guiding you to swell the sound until you reach a specified louder dynamic. That’s why the best choice is gradual getting louder. The other ideas describe different things: gradually getting softer is diminuendo, a sudden loud would be a sharp accent or similar marking, and returning to the original dynamic means resetting after a swell, not the ongoing rise.

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