calando

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_morendo_} _perdendo_} _perdendosi_} (Usually translated, "gradually dying away") _calando_} _smorzando_} (After any of the terms in the above list, a return to the normal tempo is indicated by such expressions as _a tempo_,

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  1. adverb Music With a gradual decrease in volume and often tempo. Used chiefly as a direction.

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  • _morendo_} _perdendo_} _perdendosi_} (Usually translated, "gradually dying away") _calando_} _smorzando_} (After any of the terms in the above list, a return to the normal tempo is indicated by such expressions as _a tempo_, —  Essentials in Conducting
  • _smorzando_} and softer by very small degrees) _calando_} _con amore_ (with tenderness) _con bravura_ (with boldness) _con energia_ (with energy) _con espressione_} _espressivo_} (with expression) _con brio_ (with brilliancy) _con fuoco_ (with fire) _con passione_ (with passion) _con grazia_ (with grace) _con tenerezza_ (with tenderness) _dolce_ (gently) (literally, sweetly) _giocoso_ (humorously) (_cf. _ jocose) _giojoso_ (joyfully) (_cf. _ joyous) _con maestà_} _maestoso_} (majestically) _pastorale_ (in pastoral, _i. e._, in simple and unaffected style) _pomposo_ (pompously) _scherzando_} _scherzo_} (jokingly) _sotto voce_ (with subdued voice) —  Essentials in Conducting
 

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  1. Italian, present participle of calare, to slacken, from Latin calāre, from Greek khalān.

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  1. Italian, present participle of calare, decrease: see calade.
 

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