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larghetto — meaning in music

larghetto is a musical term meaning rather slow (less slow than largo). It is a tempo marking, first tested at Grade 3 in ABRSM, AMEB and Trinity music theory exams. From that grade on, every written paper expects you to know it on sight.

Definition
rather slow (less slow than largo)
TempoFirst tested: Grade 3
Translations
Frenchplutôt lent (moins lent que largo)
Germaneher langsam (weniger langsam als Largo)
Italianpiuttosto lento (meno lento di largo)
Spanishbastante lento (menos lento que largo)
Chinese相当慢(比 largo 慢)

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