How to pronounce rallentando
American English pronunciation
rah-len-TAHN-doh
- IPA
- /ˌɹɑlɛnˈtɑndoʊ/
- Syllables
- rah · len · TAHN · doh (4 syllables, stress on the 3rd)
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What rallentando means
Getting slower little by little, as a direction in music
In a sentence: The last line of the song is marked rallentando, so the band slows down bit by bit.
Where it comes from: It was borrowed from Italian, where it means slowing down.
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