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allegretto
[ al-i-gret-oh; Italian ahl-le-gret-taw ]
adjective
- light, graceful, and moderately fast in tempo.
noun
- an allegretto movement.
allegretto
/ ˌælɪˈɡrɛtəʊ /
adjective
- (to be performed) fairly quickly or briskly
noun
- a piece or passage to be performed in this manner
Word History and Origins
Origin of allegretto1
Word History and Origins
Origin of allegretto1
Example Sentences
It’s in the allegretto third movement that No. 8’s Russian colors begin to show.
Even Elham, her W’s no longer sounding like V’s, and her tempo improved from largo to allegretto, is eventually able to pose a challenge to Omid’s fluency.
A spiritual, harmonically inventive composition, it climaxes with an allegretto apparently modelled after the African-American "juba" dance once practised on US plantations.
The aria-like allegretto offered an opportunity for Fejervari to show off his technique in layers with bass staccato notes popping against creamy treble thirds and lyrical lines.
The tapping of Sara's pen against her glasses became so rhythmic that it sounded like a metronome set to allegretto.
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