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LARGHETTO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does larghetto mean?
• LARGHETTO (noun)
The noun LARGHETTO has 1 sense:
1. (music) a composition or passage played in a slow tempo slightly faster than largo but slower than adagio
Familiarity information: LARGHETTO used as a noun is very rare.
• LARGHETTO (adjective)
The adjective LARGHETTO has 1 sense:
1. (of tempo) less slow and broad than largo
Familiarity information: LARGHETTO used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(music) a composition or passage played in a slow tempo slightly faster than largo but slower than adagio
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("larghetto" is a kind of...):
composition; musical composition; opus; piece; piece of music (a musical work that has been created)
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of tempo) less slow and broad than largo
Similar:
slow (at a slow tempo)
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