LilyPond Music Glossary: 1.258 ritardando

## 1.258 ritardando

ES: ritardando, retardando, I: ritardando, F: ritardando, en ralentissant, D: ritardando, langsamer werden, NL: ritardando, DK: ritardando, S: ritardando, FI: ritardando, hidastuen,

[Italian: ‘lagging’]

Gradual slowing down, more pronounced than rallentando. Mostly abbreviated to rit. or ritard.

#### See also

rallentando.

#### LilyPond — Music Glossary v2.22.2 (stable-branch).