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Meaning of "ritardando" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RITARDANDO

From Italian, from ritardare to slow down.
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PRONUNCIATION OF RITARDANDO

ritardando  [ˌrɪtɑːˈdændəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RITARDANDO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ritardando can act as an adjective and an adverb.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RITARDANDO


accelerando
ækˌsɛləˈrændəʊ
allargando
ˌɑːlɑːˈɡændəʊ
bandeau
ˈbændəʊ
Brando
ˈbrændəʊ
calando
kəˈlændəʊ
forzando
fɔːˈtsændəʊ
glissando
ɡlɪˈsændəʊ
largando
lɑːˈɡændəʊ
lentando
lɛnˈtændəʊ
mancando
mæŋˈkændəʊ
mondo
ˈmɒndəʊ
Orlando
ɔːˈlændəʊ
parlando
pɑːˈlændəʊ
rallentando
ˌrælɛnˈtændəʊ
rinforzando
ˌriːnfɔːˈtsændəʊ
saltando
sælˈtændəʊ
scherzando
skɛəˈtsændəʊ
tremolando
ˌtreməˈlændəʊ
whiskerando
ˌwɪskəˈrændəʊ
window
ˈwɪndəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RITARDANDO

rit.
Ritalin
ritard
rite
rite de passage
rite of passage
rite-of-passage
riteless
ritenuto
ritonavir
ritornel
ritornelle
ritornelli
ritornello
ritournelle
ritter
ritual
ritualisation
ritualise
ritualism

WORDS THAT END LIKE RITARDANDO

Belmondo
commando
crescendo
fissure of Rolando
fricando
go commando
Hondo
innuendo
kendo
kondo
martellando
Ondo
perdendo
rondo
San Fernando
secondo
sforzando
smorzando
tondo
undo

Synonyms and antonyms of ritardando in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ritardando» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RITARDANDO

Find out the translation of ritardando to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ritardando from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ritardando» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

ritardando
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ritardando
570 millions of speakers

English

ritardando
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ritardando
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ritardando
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ритардандо
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ritardando
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ritardando
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ritardendo
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ritardando
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ritardando
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

リタルダンド
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

리타르 단도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ritardando
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ritardando
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ritardando
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Ritardando
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ritardando
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ritardando
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ritardando
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рітардандо
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ritardando
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ritardando
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ritardando
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ritardando
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ritardando
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ritardando

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RITARDANDO»

The term «ritardando» is regularly used and occupies the 97.221 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RITARDANDO» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ritardando» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ritardando» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ritardando

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RITARDANDO»

Discover the use of ritardando in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ritardando and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Piano Technique: Tone, Touch, Phrasing and Dynamics
Ritardando Ritardando is a gradual slackening of tempo at the end of a phrase. If written in the middle of a composition, the original tempo should be resumed at the indication "a tempo." Rubato Rubato, rarely written into the music and often ...
Lillie H. Philipp, 1969
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Guidelines to Piano Interpretation
Whether preceded by only a slight ritardando or a dramatic caesura, the beginning of a new phrase or portion has to establish its tempo — usually the original tempo of the piece or movement — from the very first note. 3 The idea of harmonic ...
Siglind Bruhn, 1989
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Musical Signification: Essays in the Semiotic Theory and ...
The transition from piano to pianissimo in bar 9 (eighth-note 103) can be difficult to create naturally without a slight ritardando. In this respect, the ritardando created in Ashkenazy's performance by prolonging eighth- note 103 might be ...
Eero Tarasti, 1995
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The Art of Quartet Playing: The Guarneri Quartet in ...
A ritardando is indicated in bar 44 — but how much ritardando? It's very delicate from the ensemble standpoint: 41 44 3 ^ ri'Atrrf. riVaW. ntorW. rilnrd. The easiest solution is to take the whole bar in a slower tempo; but that doesn't do justice to ...
David Blum, 1987
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Performance Practices in Classic Piano Music: Their ...
RITARDANDO AND ACCELERANDO Haydn and Mozart seldom wrote ritardando or its synonyms into their piano music and— with one exception— seem not to have used accelerando at all in this repertoire. Directions for these gradual ...
Sandra P. Rosenblum, 1988
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the Sight-Singer A Practical Sight-Singing Course for ...
23 TEMPO CHANGES RITARDANDO, FERMATA AND ACCELERANDO As you know, the speed at which the beat moves is called the tempo. To indicate that the music should become gradually slower, composers use the word ritardando.
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Performance Practice: A Dictionary-Guide for Musicians
Since the 17th century, when gradations of speed became an essential component in musical expression, ritardando was drawn upon with increasing frequency. Early instances (mid-16th–early 17th c.) Vicentino (1555), 88v, seems to have ...
Roland Jackson, 2005
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Piano Lessons with Claudio Arrau: A Guide to His Philosophy ...
More ritardando and less tenuto.” Miranda repeats mm. 104—7, slowing the tempo from J I 120 to about J I 96 and sustaining the half note at m. 107. Arrau interrupts again: “Less tenuto.” Arrau sings mm. 106—7, slowing the quarter notes, then ...
Victoria A. von Arx, 2014
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Exploring Twentieth-Century Vocal Music : A Practical Guide ...
These three examples of accelerando and ritardando are efficient, visually logical replications of the desired effect. Usually, proportional notation depicting speed and its relationships to individual tones is found using all black notes. They may ...
Clarksville Sharon Mabry Professor of Music Austin Peay State University, 2002
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Playing Beyond the Notes: A Pianist's Guide to Musical ...
Since duplets are mixed in with triplets, finding an appropriate place to start a ritardando is vital. If a ritardando begins at triplets preceded by duplets, the result might lead the listener to believe that duplets were still in play as demonstrated in  ...
Deborah Rambo Sinn, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RITARDANDO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ritardando is used in the context of the following news items.
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Come l'effetto serra sta ritardando la prossima glaciazione
Come l'effetto serra sta ritardando la prossima glaciazione. Il periodo interglaciale attuale si sta prolungando a causa della concentrazione della CO2 ... «Scienze Fanpage, Jun 15»
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L'effetto serra? Sta ritardando la prossima glaciazione
effetto-serra-cnr L'effetto serra conseguente alla cospicua concentrazione di anidride carbonica nell'atmosfera starebbe prolungando l'attuale periodo ... «Il Sostenibile, Jun 15»
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CNR: L'effetto serra? Sta ritardando la prossima glaciazione
Comunicato stampa - Ricercatori del Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche e dell'Università di Pisa hanno dimostrato che la concentrazione di CO2 sta ... «Le Scienze, Jun 15»
4
Clima, CNR: l'effetto serra sta ritardando la prossima glaciazione
L'effetto serra conseguente alla cospicua concentrazione di anidride carbonica nell'atmosfera starebbe prolungando l'attuale periodo interglaciale, iniziato circa ... «Meteo Web, Jun 15»
5
Pebble aggiorna la sua app, ma Apple ne ritarda l'approvazione
L'update è quindi indispensabile per tutti i possessori dei nuovi Pebble, peccato però che Apple stia ritardando il rilascio e l'approvazione di questo ... «iPhoneItalia - Il blog italiano sull'Apple iPhone, Jun 15»
6
Apple sta ritardando il lancio di HomeKit?
Alcuni report in rete sostengono che Apple stia ritardando il lancio della sua piattaforma HomeKit, dedicata all'automatizzazione domestica. «iPhoneItalia - Il blog italiano sull'Apple iPhone, May 15»
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Sciatore ubriaco ritarda chiusura piste
(ANSA) - TORINO, 9 FEB - Scia ubriaco sulle piste di Melezet, a Bardonecchia e, a causa del suo stato, non si accorge che ne sta ritardando la chiusura. «ANSA.it, Feb 15»
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特色公車成為重點台南微電影《漸慢》劉克襄跨界演出
台灣好行」首部微電影《Ritardando》「漸慢」,7分鐘劇情片充滿懸疑、幽默、美景及省思,吸引民眾搭乘公車旅行,品味沿途的人情和風情,作家劉克襄第一次跨界拍電影 ... «ETtoday, Nov 14»
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觀光局拍「漸慢」 作家劉克襄電影處女秀
觀光局今天發表了「台灣好行」首部7分鐘的微電影《Ritardando》「漸慢」,該電影由作家劉克襄首度跨界演出,劉克襄說,他曾搭台灣好行在七星山下遇到了70歲阿嬤 ... «蘋果日報, Nov 14»
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Vibe To Reveal Their New And Best Album In Mid-September
This is their new song in seven months since their last album ritardando in February. Music and New said, "Vibe is going to show their excellent producing and ... «KpopStarz, Sep 14»

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