It tends to lack anthemic choruses, crescendos and drum rolling. Her singing gets higher and louder as she employs melodic crescendos. During the bridge, he ornaments his vocal lines with melodic crescendos, affirming "I am home". "Understanding" doesn't shy away from layered vocals, synthesizer flourishes, and big crescendos. It is a synth-pop song, loaded with classic rock's guitar solo crescendos. Toward the ending, Aguilera's "painful" and "catharsis" voice "crescendos dramatically". The song maintains a steady, even tempo throughout, containing little of John's signature crescendos. Alternating crescendos and decrescendos may give the listener the impression of waves. Numerous small crescendos and decrescendos underscore the "espressivo" marking. O'Brien observed that it lacked the crescendos typical of Radiohead's previous songs. It crescendos towards an explosion, but in a real and honest way. Other groups with which he recorded include The Cadets, The Crescendos, and The Charades. Their performance style included new dynamic elements, crescendos and diminuendos.