Volume changes, namely by finale in adapted score (10)
I believe the answer is:
crescendos
'volume changes' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both human attributes as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'namely by finale in adapted score' is the wordplay.
'namely' becomes 'sc' (abbrev for Latin scilicet meaning 'namely').
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'finale' becomes 'end' (the end of a story or show).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'adapted' indicates an anagram.
'sc'+'end'='scend'
'score' is an anagram of 'creos'.
'scend' put into 'creos' is 'CRESCENDOS'.
Can you help me to learn more?