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Music Lit Tempos
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Undergraduate 2
02/08/2014
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A tempo
 Definition
return to proceeding tempo
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Accelerando
 Definition
get faster
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Adagio
 Definition
slow, not as slow as largo
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Allegro
 Definition
fast
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Andante
 Definition
walking tempo
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Cedez
 Definition
go slower
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Grave
 Definition
heavy, slow
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L'istesso tempo
 Definition
in the same tempo
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Largando
 Definition
growing slower
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Larghetto
 Definition
a little slower
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Largo
 Definition
very slow and broad
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Lento
 Definition
slow
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Moderato
 Definition
between allegro and andante
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Pressez
 Definition
go faster
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Prestissimo
 Definition
as fast as possible
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Presto
 Definition
very fast
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Rallentando
 Definition
growing slower and slower
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Rallentato
 Definition
go at a slower pace
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Rapido
 Definition
rapidly
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Ritardando
 Definition
growing slower and slower
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Ritenuto
 Definition
held back
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Rubato
 Definition
robbed, borrowed time
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Scherzoso
 Definition
lightly, jestingly
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Stentando
 Definition
retarding, dragging
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Stringendo
 Definition
hastening
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Tardo
 Definition
lingering, slow
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Trattenuto
 Definition
held back
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Vivace
 Definition
lively, animated
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