What's the best term for starting slower and picking up the tempo?
What is the proper way to indicate that a piece should start a little slower and then within a bar or two accelerate to the correct tempo. Would you say 'accelerando' right at the first measure? That really doesn't say to start slower.
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Nigel,
Thanks, I think I'll use rubato to a tempo. Looks good.
Rubato means to rob, and it generally means rob within the measure. It would make more sense is to mark the measure with the slow tempo you want (either by musical term or MM marking), followed by an accelerando where you want the tempo to start to pick up, and then mark the new tempo marking in the destination measure.
Maybe I should mention the style if that sheds any light..... hungarian-gypsy.
Yes, I'd also mention style and I like what Nigel suggested: stringendo.
Would stringendo imply getting faster and faster till the end? I'm looking for just a slower start and accelerating within 2 bars.
You could use tempo giusto at the point where the tempo becomes stable, perhaps with a MM in brackets, that should make it clear that the stringendo finishes at that point.
Why not just write what you want in English? The French guys used French, the Germans used German... I may not sound as fancy, but it will do the job.
poco a poco acellerando. Tempo guisto. a la zingara.
per the internet:
This French phrase translates to "gypsy style" and refers to a garnish consisting of chopped ham, tongue, mushrooms and TRUFFLES combined with tomato sauce, tarragon and sometimes....
a la zingara:
This French phrase translates to "gypsy style" and refers to a garnish consisting of chopped ham, tongue, mushrooms and TRUFFLES combined with tomato sauce, tarragon and sometimesa la zingara
absolutely. Without prunes it couldn`t be an English dish.
You're making me hungry-arian.
OK, I think I get it now; you are looking for terms like con sardine etc.
How about "Start slowly and pick up the tempo"?
Or instead of rubato, it could say tempo arrabbiata...
Actually, English works just fine, but if you want to stick with Italian, you could put stentato or something along those lines at the beginning, to denote that the opening bar is slower than the global tempo. For instance, the tempo could be marked Allegro (or whatever tempo you're beginning with), and then underneath the line, stentato in the first bar, and stringendo or poco accelerando in the following bars.
But don't forget the Parmigiano....
Greetings,
I`m workign on Tempo di biscotti.
Cheers,
Buri
Tempo di mattino, poco a poco con latte
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June 3, 2009 at 03:55 PM ·
If it's happening over just a bar or two, I'd probably just give the global tempo in the usual way, then underneath in smaller italics write stringendo or rubato (or accel.), then follow that with a tempo,