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adagio

Ritardando ... the term 'adagio' is a tempo, not the act of slowing down.

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Ritardando, or commonly expressed as (rit. . . . . . . . . .) to show slowly slowing down. Rallentando is the same.

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15y ago
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There are different "shades"; Lento, Adagio, Andante....

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Ritardando in music means to gradually get slower. Its polar opposite is

accelerando, which means to gradually get faster.

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12y ago
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One possibility: lentando.

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Rallentando.

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decrescendo or diminuendo

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Retardando

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13y ago
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Ritardando

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4y ago
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