In music notation, Larghetto is a slow tempo but not as slow as Largo -- about 50-70 bpm. The word means "less broad" in Italian.

Lar*ghet"to (?), a. & adv. [It., dim. of largo largo.] Mus.

Somewhat slow or slowly, but not so slowly as largo, and rather more so than andante.

 

© Webster 1913.

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