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Dynamics (music)

In music, dynamics normally refers to the volume of a sound or note , but can also refer to every aspect of the execution of a given piece, either stylistic or functional ....
, in musical notation
Musical notation

Music notation or musical notation is any system which represents aurally perceived music, through the use of written Modern musical symbols....
, refers to a passage of music during which the volume gradually increases.

It also may mean:

In music






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Crescendo
Dynamics (music)

In music, dynamics normally refers to the volume of a sound or note , but can also refer to every aspect of the execution of a given piece, either stylistic or functional ....
, in musical notation
Musical notation

Music notation or musical notation is any system which represents aurally perceived music, through the use of written Modern musical symbols....
, refers to a passage of music during which the volume gradually increases.

It also may mean:

In music
  • Crescendo
    Crescendo (band)

    Crescendo are a Liverpool based Electro music band. The band are made up of duo Dan Akerman and Jonson Walker, . The band have enjoyed live success and have received radio play.The band use Drum Machine and Samplers for the crux of the rhythm section augmenting this with live bass played by themselves on the recordings and Stephen Blackwel...
     are a Liverpool based electronic pop band
  • Crescendo are a California Alt-Soul Rock band.
  • Crescendo International, a network of Christian classical music professionals and students
  • Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue, one of Duke Ellington
    Duke Ellington

    Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader.Duke Ellington was recognized during his life as one of the most influential Jazz royalty, if not in all American music and he is of only four jazz musicians ever to have been featured on the cover of Time magazine ....
    's longer-form compositions
  • Insanity's Crescendo, a song by Dark Tranquillity
    Dark Tranquillity

    Dark Tranquillity is a melodic death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. They are one of the longest-standing bands from the original Scandinavian death metal and one of the pioneers of the melodic death metal genre, along with In Flames and At the Gates....
  • The Crescendos
    The Crescendos

    The Crescendos were an early United States rock and roll musical ensemble from Nashville, Tennessee, Tennessee.Formed in 1957, they hit with the song "Oh Julie" the following year, which rose to #4 on the United States Black Singles chart and #5 on the Billboard Hot 100....
    , an early rock and roll group


In film
  • Crescendo (1970 film), a 1970 British thriller
  • Crescendo, a 2003 gay pornographic film by French director Jean-Daniel Cadinot
    Jean-Daniel Cadinot

    Jean-Daniel Cadinot was a France director and producer of gay pornographic films....
    .
  • A term Alfred Hitchcock
    Alfred Hitchcock

    Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, Order of the British Empire was a British filmmaker and film producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres....
     used to describe the major setpiece
    Setpiece

    In film production, a setpiece is a scene or sequence of scenes the execution of which requires serious logistical planning and considerable expenditure of money....
    s in his films


In computing
  • Crescendo, ERP System created by Ignacio Vizcaino Tapia, http://www.creswin.com
  • Crescendo Communications was a computer networking company that was acquired by Cisco
    Cisco

    Cisco may refer to:Companies:* Cisco Systems, a computer networking company* Certis CISCO, corporatised entity of the former Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation in Singapore....
     in the 1990s.
  • Crescendo Networks
    Crescendo Networks

    Crescendo Networks, Ltd. is a privately-held application delivery startup with regional headquarters in Europe,_the_Middle_East_and_Africa, Asia-Pacificand the US....
     is a company which develops and sells application acceleration devices for data centers
  • Crescendo (visual novel), a bishojo game
    Bishojo game

    A , Girl game, Gal game or Galge is a type of Japanese video game centered around interactions with attractive anime girls. Although nearly all bishojo games involve romantic or sex appeal of some kind, they may or may not be considered hentai....
     by the studio Digital Object.
  • Crescendo Systems is a company that develops and sells digital dictation software
    Digital dictation software

    Digital dictation software comes in a number of forms. It can be a standalone product or part of a proprietary workflow system.Platforms for digital dictation software include Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Pocket PC and Palm Pilots....
    , speech recognition software and document management software for the healthcare, legal and law enforcement sectors.


In languages other than English
  • Crescendo is an Italian
    Italian language

    Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
     and Portuguese
    Portuguese language

    Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and Portugal. It is derived from the Latin language spoken by the Romanization Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago....
     word which means "growing"