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	Per Noergaard - Ritardando som tilsynekomst af stadig mere materiale
		Moreover, they are to be found combined both with a ritardando controlled by the conductor, and with no other ritardando than that contained in the structure.
		In the ritardando from bar 26, the delving down into the 'Super-sequence' is combined with a conductor-controlled ritardando, which in the space of two bars brings the music down to half tempo, after which the tempo is doubled and the procedure is repeated.
		The ritardando is produced simply by the fact that the various layers (triplets, quintuplets, eighths), take turns at playing in the foreground.
	www.pernoergaard.dk /eng/strukturer/accellerando/accellerando04.html (677 words)

	Manfred Clynes, Pianist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		There is a pronounced ritardando at the end of each section, and a smaller one in bar 24 (a cadence).
		While Zhu and others consider it merely as a descending scale fragment or treat the four sixteenth notes as an extended upbeat to the final long note, for Clynes it is an emotional gesture signifying (to my sensibilities) something akin to benevolence or the offering of comfort.
		In bar 10, a pronounced ritardando leads to the arpeggiated chord at the beginning of bar 11, which is executed with great tenderness.
	www.superconductor.com /clynes\repp.htm (3973 words)

	Untitled Document
		Objective: Students will understand the concept of the ritardando and play it in the context of Folk Festival, watching the conductor to see how much to slow down.
		Now ask “Where is there another ritardando?” Play last four bars, explaining that they need to watch the conductor here, just like at 37.
		Explain that often, the hardest part of a piece is the transitions.
	www.bsu.edu /web/rmyoder/portfolio/FolkLessons.html (646 words)

	Per Noergaard - Formalt ritardando
		The infinity series can be used to suggest a tempo shift by drawing in previously 'unheard' in-between notes, and this characteristic can also be exploited to create ritardando at a formal level.
		In the 5th Symphony we find such a formal ritardando composed by using tone lakes.
		On this occasion, the tempo has to be slower, because now the music is moving in a 36-tone lake, though we do catch a glimpse of a 108-tone lake, at which the music arrives after a massive ritardando (bar 540).
	www.pernoergaard.dk /eng/strukturer/accellerando/accellerando05.html (305 words)

	Form and Analysis: Bartok: Mikrokosmos No. 109 "From the Island of Bali" Part Deux
		We do not change keys between sections, and the change in time signatures is abrupt (although a ritardando skews our meter between sections).
		Once again we reach the ritardando at the end of the second phrase, but instead of our Authentic cadence, we have a chromatic extension, before our final PAC.
		If I had to group this into larger group ideas, the first section is expository, with the second section development and the third section terminative.
	depauwform.blogspot.com /2005/02/bartok-mikrokosmos-no-109-from-island_14.html (273 words)

	Tempo Terminology - Changing Tempo
		Broadening; sometimes interpreted as a combination of ritardando and crescendo
		Same as ritardando; a gradual slowing-down of the tempo
		Frequently confused with ritardando; means a sudden slowing-down, in contrast to the gradual holding-back of rallentando
	www.music.vt.edu /musicdictionary/appendix/tempo/tempo3.html (232 words)

	NWCForum - Ritardando Question
		In the past, I have added the "ritardando" command the middle of a bar, and it has worked perfectly.
		I think that it always worked before because the tempos always happened to be added within the staff that contained the ritardando.
		This time, the ritardando appeared within a staff that did not have it's own tempo markings.
	www.noteworthysoftware.com /nwcforum/1388.htm (167 words)

	Wired 9.09: The Creative Processor
		He is breaking down each sonata into individual notes and short passages that may exemplify any number of properties, such as ritardando (a slowing down of the tempo) or crescendo (increased volume).
		Then he feeds the computer many thousands of examples of, say, ritardando passages as played by Batik, asking that it compare them to their notation in the actual score and to one another, as well as search for patterns in the pianist's playing.
		The learner must consider the context of each note; for example, what sounds came before and after it, and where the note falls in relation to the beginning and end of the sonata.
	www.wired.com /wired/archive/9.09/widmer.html?pg=3 (1133 words)

	Robert Taub, pianist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The last bar of the theme appears in published editions without either a ritardando or a pedal marking -- quite rightly, since Beethoven, having written them in ink, later scratched them out in pencil, his customary implement for registering second thoughts.
		Here, he decided on reflection, the ritardando and the pedaling mark were in order, along with a new low E, for resonance.
		The reverse adjustments at the beginning and the end of the movement point to the same conclusion: that the theme and the opening variations are not modular segments.
	members.aol.com /CAMartists/rtaub.html (1745 words)

	Per Nørgård - Violinkoncert
		In the third movement, the soloist's melody line consists of four different melodies, which are brought to the fore by different sections of the orchestra.
		The fourth movement, apart from the introductory and concluding solo cadence, is composed as one long ritardando.
		In the second half, the ritardando is formed by emphasising ever slower pulsations in a polyrhythmic pattern.
	www.pernoergaard.dk /eng/udvalgte/236.html (1566 words)

	Form and Analysis: 03/06/2005 - 03/12/2005
		There is a drastic drop in tempo in bar 57, along with a ritardando beforehand, switch to legato, and a dynamic marking of pianissimo, all of which set this section apart from the others.
		This lasts until bar 64 when it returns to a part similar to the one we were first introduced to in the B section as can be seen by the left hand's arpeggiations.
		There is a short terminative section with a ritardando and diminuendo that closes the piece out on an extended authentic cadence.
	depauwform.blogspot.com /2005_03_06_depauwform_archive.html (10648 words)

	MSN Encarta - Ritardando
		Ritardando (Italian "slowing"), in musical notation, gradually getting slower.
		Ritardando is synonymous with rallentando and is often abbreviated as “...
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	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_762506909/Ritardando.html (74 words)

	Performance Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The student should breathe here so as to continue the intensity of the line through to the 7th beat of M 8.
		The ritardando in M 13 should wait until the last 2 16th notes of the measure, with the a tempo in M 14 immediately taking place on the downbeat.
		Watch the ritardando in M 29, it can start on beat 3 if one does not slow down too much, too soon.
	www.tmea.org /060_Band/Audmaterial/bassoon_guide.htm (821 words)

	NWCForum - Terminology
		And while I'm at it, most terminology dictionaries that I've seen online indicate that the abbreviation for "ritenuto" is "riten." and the abbreviation for "ritardando" is either "rit." or "ritard." Why does NWC use "rit." as an abbreviation for "ritenuto" instead of "riten."?
		Ritardando is linked 'retard', the French for delay (nous sommes en retard = we are late), so it means delayed or delaying.
		if ritardando means slowing down gradually and dimenuendo means slowin down then what does the e stand for???
	www.noteworthysoftware.com /nwcforum/4432.htm?rcnt=2 (311 words)

	ritardando : Definition from the Online Dictionary at Datasegment.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		3 definitions found ritardando - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 : Ritardando *\Ri`tardan"do\**, a.
		[1913 Webster] ritardando - WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) : ritardando adj : gradually decreasing in tempo [syn: rallentando, ritenuto, rit.
		] ritardando - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : 32 Moby Thesaurus words for "ritardando": a poco, adagietto, adagio, allargando, allegretto, allegro, andante, andantino, calando, crescendo, decrescendo, diminuendo, forte, fortissimo, larghetto, larghissimo, largo, legato, lento, marcando, pianissimo, piano, pizzicato, prestissimo, presto, rallentando, ritenuto, scherzando, scherzo, spiccato, staccato, stretto
	onlinedictionary.datasegment.com /word/Ritardando (105 words)

	Midi Flower Music - Music for Film, Television and New Media, About Music, MIDI, Arranging, Composing, multimedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Notice that at measure four and eight ritardando (Tempo changes) have been applied to create extra musical tension and expressiveness.
		This ritardando is repeated in the final measures where the piece reaches its melodic climax and dies out in a sustained discord and thus creating an incredible tension.
		In basic the composition is build around repeating chords where the bass line and melody line play variations on a theme almost like in a Baroque fugue.
	members.chello.nl /~jl.verstegen/Piano2.htm (211 words)

	GUIDO Format - Specification (Draft)
		indicates a ritardando from the current tempo to tempo indication s with tempo indication s and associated absolute tempo as specified by string s2 (see above).
		The \tempo tag is associated with the metrical position of the note immediately following it and carries to the next tempo indication.
		For longer accelerando or ritardando sections the \accelBegin and \accelEnd or the \ritBegin and \ritEnd tag combinations should be used; this applies also for situations, where the accelerando or ritardando section overlaps with other tagged ranges such as slurs.
	www.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de /AFS/GUIDO/docu/spec1.htm (5120 words)

	Ritardando (slow down baby) - Synth Zone BBS
		Ritardando (slow down baby) - Synth Zone BBS
		The ritardando feature can be found on nearly every Yamaha keyboard produced during the past decade.
		If it has the ritardando feature I can,t find it.
	www.synthzone.com /ubbs/Forum37/HTML/005858.html (786 words)

	DVD Times - RahXephon - Orchestration 2: Tonal Pattern
		The Ritardando is an interesting ship that carries an Egyptian quality, not unlike RahXephon though the shape is far different.
		The Ritardando attacks Tokyo Jupiter with its power to sink objects into the ground.
		Kim Hotal recalls the time when her family was killed in Australia fourteen years ago for which the Ritardando was responsible and now she wishes to exact revenge.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=12574 (1476 words)

	metricmod
		It can be thought of as a ritardando or an accelerando that is written out.
		The result is that, since the rate of change is strictly written out instead of there simply being an ambiguous ritardando or accelerando marking, the rate of slowing down or speeding up is no longer left to the whims of the performer.
		By notating specifically the rate of change, the composer is more in control of the musical results than if he or she had simply written ritard or accelerando.
	www.msu.edu /user/millett1/metricmod.htm (3138 words)

	Ritardando
		When a player has one card left, they must say "RITARDANDO" (used at the ending of a piece of music, meaning to gradually slow down.) Failure to do so will result in having to draw two cards from the Draw pile (but only if caught by the other players).
		This approach duplicates the process used while a student is playing the piano and sight-reading.
		At first, I designed Ritardando as a rummy game.
	edweb.sdsu.edu /courses/edtec670/cardboard/Card/R/Ritardando/Ritardando.html (1131 words)

	Ritardando
		This is the definition of the term Ritardando
		Ritardando (a.) Retarding; -- a direction for slower time; rallentado.
		For people who have trouble spelling, this is the defintion of the term Ritardando
	linkspider.serversystems.net /dictionary/lookup/ritardando (69 words)

	Tempo
		English indications, for example quickly, have also been used, by Benjamin Britten, amongst many others.
		Composers typically use the Italian terms accelerando (getting quicker) and ritardando, rallentando, or ritenuto (getting slower), to indicate a tempo change, even if they have written their initial tempo marking in some other language.
		When performers unintentionally speed up, they are said to rush.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/t/te/tempo.html (547 words)

	Beacon Lesson Plan Library
		Play along as a class until the students have a strong grasp of the music.
		Teach the concepts of tempo, accelerando and ritardando by writing the terms and their definitions on the board first.
		Conduct a simple 4 pattern and have the students snap their fingers to each of the beats.
	www.beaconlearningcenter.com /search/details.asp?item=2727 (767 words)

	ritardando - Definition of ritardando - ritardando in Encyclopedia - DictionaryWords.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		ritardando - Definition of ritardando - ritardando in Encyclopedia - DictionaryWords.net
		ritardando adj : gradually decreasing in tempo [syn: rallentando, ritenuto, rit.
		32 Moby Thesaurus words for "ritardando": a poco, adagietto, adagio, allargando, allegretto, allegro, andante, andantino, calando, crescendo, decrescendo, diminuendo, forte, fortissimo, larghetto, larghissimo, largo, legato, lento, marcando, pianissimo, piano, pizzicato, prestissimo, presto, rallentando, ritenuto, scherzando, scherzo, spiccato, staccato, stretto
	www.dictionarywords.net /find/word/ritardando (89 words)

	Midi File Creator
		The main difference is in the concept used for rubato, accelerando, and ritardando.
		Whereas Midi Synthi Player uses Duration Adjustment, the ability to alter directly any note value, this program uses Tempo Change (or a series of Tempo Changes) for this purpose, which seems to be the common usage.
		For tempo changes, this is done on track 1; for pitchbend and continuous controller, this is done on a track other than the one where the sounds to be affected are situated.
	www.jacksirulnikoff.com /whatmfc.html (4111 words)

	INKPOT#82 CLASSICAL MUSIC REVIEWS: MAHLER Symphony No.8. Various/Davis
		His is not an interventionist approach, despite the early intimations of such.
		For example he effects an unwritten ritardando before figure 3 (Spiritus, O Creator).
		One telling moment is the ritardando before figure 17 (Allegro impetuoso), which isn't as natural as it could be, nor is the following passage as impetuous as it could be.
	inkpot.com /classical/mah8davis.html (1285 words)

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		If no units are specified, the units defined by the \units tag are used.
		For accelerandos and ritardandos the appropriate tags and parameters should be used, using \accel for representing ritardandos or \rit for accelerandos should be avoided.
		These tags indicate the beginning of a accelerando/ritardando section which ends at the next \accelEnd/\ritEnd tag; the accelerando/ritardando starts from the current tempo.
	www.cs.ubc.ca /~hoos/GUIDO/basicpos.htm (4608 words)

	Ritardando
		The word "ritardando" uses 10 letters: A A D D I N O R R T.
		Words within ritardando not shown as it has more than seven letters.
		List all words starting with ritardando, words containing ritardando or words ending with ritardando
	www.morewords.com /word/ritardando (159 words)

	Barcelona Publishers: Qualitative Inquiries in Music Therapy: A Monograph Series Volume 1 2004
		Tempo was fairly stable, except for a slight acceleration in the middle of the piece and a pronounced ritardando at the end.
		Further contributing to the tension in the music was the overall lack of rhythmic integration with a pulse (RHY INT-DIFFERENTIATED).
		A decrescendo coupled with a ritardando at the very end of the piece (TEM VAR-VARIABLE) served to bring natural closure to this sustained intensity of energy.
	www.barcelonapublishers.com /reviews/monograph_gardstrom.htm (6910 words)

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