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    crescendo

    crescendo - Dictionary definition and meaning for word crescendo

    Definition
    (noun) (music) a gradual increase in loudness Definition
    (verb) grow louder
    Example Sentence
    • The music crescendoes here
    Definition
    (adj) gradually increasing in volume
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for crescendo

divide it like cresc(sound like krish)+end..at the end of krish movie..when hrithik kills the villian..the intensity or the volume of music increses .which conveys the feeling.

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crescent is moon...moon increases in size phase by phase..therefore crescendo is to increase in volume

CRESCENDO - CR + ESCENDO (ASCEND) - ascend means a gradual rising...here it refers to an increase in volume.

do u know the organisation red crescent? the shape of curved moon in red crescent's symbol? so this moon's shape will be full in days step by step. And crescendo means gradual increase in the intensity

The crescent moon fills in more and more reaching a crescendo of being full.

another mnemonic:the climax or end of the krish movie is very good.

crescendo,sounds like"creep shadow", lets imagine, a shadow of a creepy person, saw it self in the mirror and started gradually screaming! " basically because he was scared from his own reflection" -creep shadow crescendo.

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