Accelerando vs. Ritardando

Accelerandonoun

(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at an increasing speed.

Ritardandoadverb

(music) Gradually decelerating the tempo of a piece of music, especially at the end of the piece.

Accelerandonoun

(music) A passage having this mark.

Ritardandoadjective

(music) Having a gradually decelerating tempo.

Accelerandonoun

(by extension) Accelerating or exponential advancement or development (of a thing).

Ritardandonoun

(music) An instance of gradually decelerating the tempo of a piece of music.

Accelerandoadverb

(music) with a gradual increase in speed

Ritardandoadjective

Retarding; - a direction for slower time; rallentado.

Accelerandoadjective

Gradually accelerating the movement.

Ritardandoadjective

gradually decreasing in tempo

Accelerandonoun

a gradually increasing tempo of music;

‘my ear will not accept such violent accelerandos’;

Accelerandoadjective

gradually increasing in tempo

Accelerandoadverb

with increasing speed;

‘here you must play accelerando’;

Accelerando

Accelerando is a 2005 science fiction novel consisting of a series of interconnected short stories written by British author Charles Stross. As well as normal hardback and paperback editions, it was released as a free e-book under the CC BY-NC-ND license.