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ritardando

[ ree-tahr-dahn-doh; Italian ree-tahr-dahn-daw ]

adjective

Music.
  1. becoming gradually slower.


ritardando

/ ˌɪɑːˈæԻəʊ /

adjective

  1. another term for rallentando rit
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of ritardando1

1805–15; < Italian, gerund of ritardare; retard
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of ritardando1

C19: from Italian, from ritardare to slow down
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They also noticed a gradual decrease in tempo, a common feature in human music called a “ritardando.”

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Indris also showed the ability to maintain a constant rhythm as they decreased the tempo of their songs, a process known as ritardando in classical music.

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“Knowing all these words — for example, ‘crescendo,’ ‘diminuendo,’ ‘ritardando,’ which means to slow down, ‘fortissimo,’ which means play extremely loud” allowed him to “bring emotion to the piece, make it come alive,” he said.

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In the second part Beethoven introduced the phrase in A flat major, by a ritardando of the two preceding bars.

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It closes with a drooping, yearning ritardando that quite prepares us for the next languishing measures.

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