LilyPond Music Glossary: 1.8 adagio

## 1.8 adagio

ES: adagio, lento, I: adagio, F: adagio, lent, D: Adagio, Langsam, NL: adagio, DK: adagio, S: adagio, FI: adagio, hitaasti.

[Italian: ‘comfortable, easy’]

- Slow tempo, slower – especially in even meter – than andante and faster than largo.
- A movement in slow tempo, especially the second (slow) movement of sonatas, symphonies, etc.

#### See also

andante, largo, sonata.

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