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allegretto::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | piece, piece of music, musical composition, musical passage, opus, composition, passage |
allegretto::adverb | Spocien Dictionary
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play this more allegretto.
allegretto::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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Examples of allegretto
allegretto
This work begins with an allegretto whose musical personality is part mystery, part jauntiness.
From the sacbee.com
The usually hesitant Ne Me Quitte Pas zips along allegretto.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The lento sostenuto and allegretto movements that followed built on that enjoyable beginning and showed the musicians'range to good effect.
From the tennessean.com
The ensuing Andante was subtly done, but the Poco allegretto was sheer magic, its yearning phrases spun out with a fine singer's sensitivity.
From the dallasnews.com
After the waltz style of the allegretto the andante is an expressive and glorious slow section with majestical playing from the strings.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
Allegretto is currently researching lawsuits about illegal practices that companies use to prevent unions from forming among their employees.
From the huffingtonpost.com
Indeed, one finds musicologists and scholarly performers sometimes claiming to know fairly precisely what terms like allegretto and andantino meant to a particular composer.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- (of tempo) faster than allegro
- A quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro
- In a moderately quick tempo; "play this more allegretto"
- In musical terminology, tempo (Italian for time, plural: tempi) is the speed or pace of a given piece. It is a crucial element of composition, as it can affect the mood and difficulty of a piece.
- A direction in musical notation indicating that the musical piece should be played rather fast and lively
- A little lively, moderately fast
- Slightly less fast than allegro, often of lighter texture or character.
- An Italian term meaning 'slower than 'Allegro''
- Fast; literally, "cheerful"
