stringendo - Definition and Meaning

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(adverb)

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(especially as a direction) with increasing speed

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the last chord seems to me impossible, unless played stringendo

(adjective)

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performed with increasing speed

examples

the final stringendo change of tempo was preluded by a dramatic tempo change

(noun)

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a passage performed or marked to be performed with increasing speed

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beginning with a marked stringendo, the final orchestral climax approaches