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accelerando
(ac¦cel¦er|ando)
Pronunciation:
/əkˌsɛləˈrandəʊ, əˌtʃɛl-/
Music
adverb
&
adjective
(especially as a direction) with a gradual increase of speed.
noun
(
plural
accelerandos
or
accelerandi
/-di/
)
an accelerando passage:
the first movement’s long accelerando
Origin:
Italian
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