prestissimo - Definition and Meaning

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(adverb)

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(especially as a direction) in a very quick tempo

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the group of Belgian trombones had five valves that enabled them to play the most florid passages prestissimo

(adjective)

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performed at a very quick tempo

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these crescendi make one excited for the prestissimo choruses

(noun)

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a movement or passage marked to be performed in a very quick tempo