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Crescendo

In musical notation, crescendo means that the notes are gradually getting louder.

The opposite of crescendo is diminuendo or decrescendo.

One of Duke Ellington's longer-form compositions is called Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue, which also describes the form of the piece.

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