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it means that the director/drum major will tell you when to play the next note in that measure(s) and watch carefully because the director/drum major will tell you when to go back to regular time and rit is short for something i just forgot so instead of rit i say ritard

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Rit is short for Ritardando, and it means to gradually decrease the tempo.

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Rit is short for ritardando meaning slow down or to gradually decrease the tempo.

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"rit" is an abbreviation for ritardando in music and instructs the musician to slow down.

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Rit. is short for ritardando, which is to get gradually slower. So, grad. rit. means to very gradually get slower and slower.

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It is shortfor "retard", and

it means to gradually slow the tempo.

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