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Tempo Terminology - Tempo Qualifiers

Tempo Terminology - Tempo Qualifiers | Basic Directives | | Tempo Qualifiers | | Changing Tempo | Expression It. Fr. A poco a poco Peu peu English little by little Example accelerando poco a poco acclerez peu peu allmlich schneller werden very, much, quite Presto assai or molto presto Trs vif Sehr schnell or ganz lebhaft with Con brio Avec verve Mit schwungvoll Less Meno vivace Moins vif Weniger schnell Not too much Largo non troppo Pas trop lent Nicht zu langsam more Pi vivace Plus vite Eileger or lebhafter Pochissimo ritard Cdez un peu Etwas zuruckhalten A little, somewhat Poco adagio Somewhat slow
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End Result becoming faster little by little

Ger. allmhlich It. Fr. Assai, molto trs

very fast

Ger. Sehr, ganz It. Fr. con avec

With spirit

Ger. mit It. Fr. Meno Moins

Not so fast

Ger. weniger It. Fr. Non troppo Pas trop

Slow, but not too much

Ger. Nicht zu It. Fr. Pi Plus

faster

Ger. (suffix) er It. Fr. Pochissimo A very little Un peu

A slight ritard

Ger. etwas It. Poco, un poco

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Fr.

Un peu

Un peu lent Ein wenig langsam Like, almost Moderato quasi andante Moderately like an andante

Ger. Ein wenig It. quasi

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