Meaning & use
agitato
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in a hurried, restless, or agitated manner, used as a musical direction for how a passage should be performed.
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The conductor marked the final movement 'agitato' to signal the frantic energy the strings should convey.
Her fingers moved agitato across the keys, matching the storm depicted in the piece.
A note on using this word
Borrowed directly from Italian, where it means 'agitated'; it belongs to the family of tempo and mood markings like 'allegro' and 'andante'.
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