adagietto

Meanings

Noun

  • A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played slightly faster than adagio.
  • A passage having this mark.

Adverb

Adjective

  • Describing a passage having this mark.

Origin

  • Borrowed from Italian adagietto, a diminutive of adagio.

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