lentissimo
lentissimo — adverb
1. in music, at an extremely slow speed, either as a direction on the page or as a
in music, at an extremely slow speed, either as a direction on the page or as a description of how a passage is performed.
The conductor marked the funeral march lentissimo before the choir entered.
mark [piece] lentissimo on a score
Élise played the last eight bars lentissimo to steady her bow changes.
play [passage] lentissimo
On the score, lentissimo appears where the cello line begins to fade.
Kemi asked the quartet to take the middle section lentissimo after the pause.
The organist kept the closing hymn lentissimo so the church stayed hushed.
- very slowly
plain-English equivalent, but less technical than the Italian music term
- adagio
another slow tempo term, usually less extreme than lentissimo
- largo
slow and broad in feeling, often less extreme than lentissimo
- presto
fast tempo marking at the opposite end of the speed range
- prestissimo
the strongest very-fast marking, opposite to lentissimo
文法句型
mark [passage] lentissimo
play [section] lentissimo
take [movement] lentissimo
用法筆記
Used mainly in score markings, rehearsal talk, and performance descriptions. It covers both the written instruction and the actual way the music is played, but it stays within technical music contexts rather than everyday descriptions of slowness.