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stringendo

Pronunciation: /strɪnˈdʒɛndəʊ/
Music
Definition of stringendo

adverb & adjective

  • (especially as a direction) with increasing speed.

noun (plural stringendos or stringendi)

  • a passage performed or marked to be performed with increasing speed: beginning with a marked stringendo, the final orchestral climax approaches

Origin:

Italian, literally 'squeezing, binding together'

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