rallentando – Definition in music

Definition of the Italian term rallentando in music:

gradually slowing down
reducing

Language

Italian

Abbreviation

rall.

Alt. abbreviations

rallen.rallent.rall^o

Synonyms

(1) ritardando(1) slentando

Italian musical terms that include rallentando:

diminuendo e rallentando – gradually softer and slower
diminuendo ma senza rallentando – gradually softer but without slowing down
dolce e rallentando – sweet and slow
molto rallentando – gradually slowing down a lot
non rallentando – not slowing down
poco a poco rallentando – gradually slowing down
poco rallentando – slowing down a little
rallentando al fine – gradually slowing down until the end
rallentando e diminuendo – gradually slowing down and becoming softer
rallentando e morendo – gradually slowing down and dying away
rallentando ma non troppo – gradually slowing down but not too much
sempre rallentando – always gradually slowing down
senza rallentando – without slowing down
un poco meno rallentando – a little less slowing down
un poco rallentando – gradually slowing down a little

Music scores that include rallentando:

Charles-Auguste de Bériot: Violin Concerto No. 9 (1850) Page 2
Franz Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor (1852‑53) Page 5
Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 1 (1835) Page 5
Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 2 (1886) Page 3
Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (1830) Page 3
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C major (1722) Page 4
Jules Massenet: Méditation (1894‑1898) Page 1
Luigi Maurizio Tedeschi: Suite Op. 46 (1920) Page 3
Richard Wagner: Tristan and Isolde (1857‑1859) Page 4
Samuil Feinberg: 3 Preludes (1923) Page 1

Italian musical terms related to rallentando:

allargato – enlarged, widened (slower)
allentamente – slowing down
allentando – slowing down...
calando – decreasing (gradually slower and softer)
cedendo – yielding, slowing down
languendo – languishing (getting slower)
languente – languishing (getting slower)
lentando – growing slower
perdendo – dying away (gradually slower and softer)...
raffrenando – slowing down, holding back
rallentamento – slowing down, slackening
rallentare – to slow down...
rattenendo – restrained (slowed down)
rattenuto – restrained (slowed down)
rilasciando – relaxing, slowing down
rilassando – relaxing, slowing down
rilassato – relaxed, slowed down
ritardando – gradually slowing down...
ritardare – to slow down...
ritardo – delay, slowness
ritenendo – slowing down, gradually slower
ritenuto – immediately slower...
slentare – to slow down
stendendo – spreading out, slowing down
stiracchiando – stretching (slowing down)
stirando – stretching (slowing down)
stirato – stretched (slowed down)
tardando – becoming slower
trascinando – dragging, slowing down
trascinare – to drag, to slow down