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What is the musical definition of the term "crescendo"?

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Crescendo (abbr. cresc.) is a dynamic instruction meaning “gradually get louder.” In notation it’s often written as the word “cresc.” or shown with a hairpin opening to the right (<). Composers may add qualifiers (poco a poco, molto) or a target dynamic (e.g., "cresc. to f"). The opposite is diminuendo or decrescendo (gradually get softer).