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accelerando
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ac·cel·er·an·do  (ä-chl-ränd) Music
adv. & adj.
Gradually accelerating or quickening in time. Used chiefly as a direction.
n. pl. ac·cel·er·an·dos
An accelerando passage or movement.

[Italian, present participle of accelerare, to hasten, from Latin accelerre; see accelerate.]

accelerando [ækˌsɛləˈrændəʊ] Music
adj & adv
(Music / Classical Music) (to be performed) with increasing speed
n pl -dos
(Music / Classical Music) an increase in speed
[Italian]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.accelerando - a gradually increasing tempo of musicaccelerando - a gradually increasing tempo of music; "my ear will not accept such violent accelerandos"
pacing, tempo - (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played
Adj.1.accelerando - gradually increasing in tempoaccelerando - gradually increasing in tempo        
increasing - music
Adv.1.accelerando - with increasing speedaccelerando - with increasing speed; "here you must play accelerando"
music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner


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Bepler's spacious, fretful composition--all orphaned plucks, drones, accelerandos, and martial percussion--underwrote a series of characteristically allusive rituals.
; it builds the dynamics smoothly and sensitively, and all the rubatos, ritardandos and accelerandos are logical and delicate.
Issues such as balance, voicing, shaping of phrases, rhythmic steadiness and accuracy, variety of articulation, planning of dynamic shadings and pacing of ritardandos and accelerandos, all need to be discussed in a young pianist's musical development.
 
 
 
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