Music notation glossary · Tempo markings
Ritardando
gradually slowing
In the score
♩ = 164 → 80
What it means
rit. or ritard. — the tempo relaxes. Rallentando means the same; ritenuto, by contrast, is an immediate holding back, not a gradual one.
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