Targa Among the pigeons Messages 10,427 Locality KIC 8462852 Jan 26, 2010 #1 My dictionary defines rallentando as 'becoming slower' and ritardando as 'with diminishing speed'. What's the musical difference or are they synonyms.
My dictionary defines rallentando as 'becoming slower' and ritardando as 'with diminishing speed'. What's the musical difference or are they synonyms.
Young Col Well-Known Member Messages 2,407 Locality Coulsdon, London/Surrey Jan 26, 2010 #2 Targa The Royal Schools of Music guide has them as synonymous - gradually getting slower.
Col9 Senior Member Messages 58 Locality Northants, UK Jan 26, 2010 #3 We play them as "rit" which is instantly slower where marked like a step, and "ral" which starts to slow where marked like a gradient. Tricky to get it right while reading the music in one eye and watching conductor in the other ;} Col.
We play them as "rit" which is instantly slower where marked like a step, and "ral" which starts to slow where marked like a gradient. Tricky to get it right while reading the music in one eye and watching conductor in the other ;} Col.