Allegretto

created by Webster 1913
(thing) by mblase (2.7 wk) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Wed Jan 03 2001 at 19:57:12
In music notation, Allegretto means a fairly lively tempo, around 70-130 bpm. The word means "a little happy" in Italian.
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:43:38

Al`le*gret"to (#), a. [It., dim. of allegro.] Mus.

Quicker than andante, but not so quick as allegro.

-- n.

A movement in this time.

 

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