Meaning & use
Allargando
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A musical direction indicating that a passage should be played gradually slower and with greater breadth or emphasis.
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The conductor signaled an allargando in the final bars to give the ending more weight.
The score marked the closing chords allargando, broadening the tempo dramatically.
A note on using this word
Borrowed directly from Italian, literally meaning 'widening' or 'broadening,' and used alongside other tempo terms like 'adagio' and 'presto.'
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