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stringendo

/strin-jen-doh; Italian streen-jen-daw/US // strɪnˈdʒɛn doʊ; Italian strinˈdʒɛn dɔ //UK // (strɪnˈdʒɛndəʊ) //

弦外之音,串联,弦乐,弦子

Definitions

  1. 1

    Music.

    • : progressively quickening in tempo.

Examples

  • Fourthly, Mrs. P. scolds the servants stringendo e fortissimo while I am dressing in the morning.

  • The closing bars suggest the stringendo passage and presto bars in the coda of the Scherzo of the "Choral Symphony."

  • Accelerando, affrettando (this term implies some degree of excitement also), stringendo, poco a poco animato.

  • Festus derives the word strix stringendo, from the received opinion that they strangle children.