lentissimo
lentissimo — 副詞
1. in music, at an extremely slow speed, either as a direction on the page or as a
極慢速
以非常緩慢的速度演奏
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.
合唱進來前，指揮把那首葬禮進行曲標成極慢速。
mark [piece] lentissimo on a score
Élise played the last eight bars lentissimo to steady her bow changes.
Élise 以極慢速拉最後八小節，好讓換弓更穩。
play [passage] lentissimo
On the score, lentissimo appears where the cello line begins to fade.
在樂譜上，大提琴聲部開始漸弱的地方標著 lentissimo，表示要以極慢速演奏。
Kemi asked the quartet to take the middle section lentissimo after the pause.
Kemi 要四重奏在停頓後把中段改成以極慢速演奏。
The organist kept the closing hymn lentissimo so the church stayed hushed.
風琴手讓結尾那首聖歌一直保持極慢速，整座教堂都安靜了下來。
- 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.