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Accelerando vs. Ritardando Explained

Accelerando means gradually increasing the tempo of a musical piece, while ritardando means gradually decreasing the tempo. Specifically, accelerando refers to a tempo marking indicating a gradual speeding up, or a passage with this marking. Ritardando is an adverb meaning to gradually slow down the tempo, especially at the end of a piece. So in summary, accelerando involves gradually increasing the speed over time, while ritardando involves gradually decreasing the speed over time in music.

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Accelerando vs. Ritardando Explained

Accelerando means gradually increasing the tempo of a musical piece, while ritardando means gradually decreasing the tempo. Specifically, accelerando refers to a tempo marking indicating a gradual speeding up, or a passage with this marking. Ritardando is an adverb meaning to gradually slow down the tempo, especially at the end of a piece. So in summary, accelerando involves gradually increasing the speed over time, while ritardando involves gradually decreasing the speed over time in music.

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Accelerando vs
Ritardando - What's the
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accelerando | ritardando | Antonyms |

Accelerando is an antonym of ritardando.


In context|music|lang=en terms the difference
between accelerando and ritardando
is that accelerando is (music) with a gradual
increase in speed while ritardando is (music)
gradually decelerating the tempo of a piece of
music, especially at the end of the piece.

As adverbs the difference between accelerando


and ritardando
is that accelerando is (music) with a gradual
increase in speed while ritardando is (music)
gradually decelerating the tempo of a piece of
music, especially at the end of the piece.

As a noun accelerando is (music) a tempo mark


directing that a passage is to be played at an
increasing speed.

accelerando ritardando

English English

Noun Alternative forms


(en noun) * Abbreviation: rit
(music) A tempo mark
directing that a passage is to be Adverb
played at an increasing speed.
(-)
(music) A passage having this
(music) Gradually
mark.
decelerating the tempo of a
piece of music, especially at
Adverb the end of the piece.
(-)
(label) with a gradual increase Antonyms
in speed * accelerando ----
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