Italian Terms and Signs (G1)

ritenuto (rit.)

• getting faster

• getting louder

• hold back

• getting softer

getting softer

• cresc.

• dim.

• rit.

• accel.

lento

• fast

• slow

• getting faster

• getting slower

adagio

• fast

• slow

• getting faster

• getting slower

a tempo

• the speed of the music

• fast

• slow

• resume the normal speed

andante

• fast

• slow

• at a moderate pace

• getting slower

poco

• a little

• a lot

• less

• more

Fine

• from the beginning

• from the end

• the beginning

• the end

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