accelerando

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Among other points to be noted is the fact that sudden transition from repose to restless activity calls for an accelerando, while the reverse requires a rallentando It is absolutely imperative for one who would interpret music to cultivate the memory.

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  1. adverb Gradually accelerating or quickening in time. Used chiefly as a direction.
  2. noun An accelerando passage or movement.

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  • Four Sacred Pieces and took an accelerando in a passage not so marked. —  Audiophile Audition Headlines
  • When comfortable with this, add a slight crescendo and hint of accelerando during the 4 th beat while thinking 16ths. —  Violinist.com
  • It may be made in the tempo by means of the retard, accelerando, the hold, etc. It may also be made in the quality of the tone by using the various shades from bright to somber The basis of phrasing then, may be found in legato, sostenuto and contrast. —  The Head Voice and Other Problems Practical Talks on Singing
  • Among other points to be noted is the fact that sudden transition from repose to restless activity calls for an accelerando, while the reverse requires a rallentando It is absolutely imperative for one who would interpret music to cultivate the memory. —  For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music
  • She prepared a dinner with a balance of contrast and climax that a composer might show in writing a tone poem On this eventful evening, therefore, the dinner-party, stimulated by her art and by potent wines (gazing with long-necked dignity at the autocratic whisky-decanter), rapidly assumed a crescendo and an accelerando--the two things for which a hostess listens H. Stackton Dunckley had held the resolutionist in a duel of language--a combat with broadswords--and honours were fairly even. —  The Parts Men Play
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  1. Italian, present participle of accelerare, to hasten, from Latin accelerāre; see accelerate.

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  1. Italian, present participle of accelerare, from Latin accelerare, hasten: see accelerate.
 

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