Musicians have a great many different words for slow.
(Including ASLAP)
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Elaine Fine I am active as a composer, a violist, a violinist, a recorder player, and as a teacher. I have been keeping this space in the blogosphere alive with assumptions about music (and assorted other things) since 2005.View Profile
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Music is a mystery for people who play it, write it, listen to it, and write about it. The only thing I can really do when I try to say something about music is assume.
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4 comments:
Can anyone play?
dawdlissimo
lethargico
sempre ritardandino
con sluggardo
. . . but, of course!
This is tardy and slightly off topic, but I once played in the pit of a Broadway show whose exit music was marked "Prestissimo Catchubussimo."
And a fine tempo marking it is!
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