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andante
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun andante has 2 senses
- andante(n = noun.time) Array - a moderately slow tempo (a walking pace); Array is a kind of pacing, tempo
- andante(n = noun.communication) Array - a musical composition or musical passage to be performed moderately slow; Array is a kind of composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music, musical passage, passage
Derived form adjective andante1
Adjective andante has 1 sense
- andante(s = adj.all) Array - (of tempo) moderately slow; Array Derived form noun andante1
Adverbial andante has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
andante, a. [It. andante, p. pr. of andare to go.].
Moving moderately slow, but distinct and flowing; quicker than larghetto, and slower than allegretto. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
andante, adv., adj., & n. Mus.
--adv. & adj. in a moderately slow tempo.
--n. an andante passage or movement.
--adv. & adj. in a moderately slow tempo.
--n. an andante passage or movement.
Etymology
It., part. of andare go
THESAURUS
andante
a poco, adagietto, adagio, allargando, allegretto, allegro, andante tempo, andantino, beat, calando, claudication, compound time, crawl, creep, crescendo, dead march, decrescendo, diminuendo, dogtrot, duple time, footpace, forte, fortissimo, funeral march, hobble, jog, jog trot, larghetto, larghissimo, largo, legato, leisurely gait, lento, limp, lumbering pace, marcando, march tempo, mincing steps, mixed times, pianissimo, piano, pizzicato, plod, prestissimo, presto, rack, rag, ragtime, rallentando, ritardando, ritenuto, rubato, saunter, scherzando, scherzo, sextuple time, shamble, shuffle, simple time, slouch, slow march, slow motion, spiccato, staccato, stretto, stroll, syncopation, syncope, tempo, tempo rubato, three-quarter time, time, time pattern, timing, triple time, triplet, trudge, two-four time, waddle, walk, waltz timeROGET THESAURUS
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Music
N music, concert, strain, tune, air, melody, aria, arietta, piece of music, work, number, opus, sonata, rondo, rondeau, pastorale, cavatina, roulade, fantasia, concerto, overture, symphony, variations, cadenza, cadence, fugue, canon, quodlibet, serenade, notturno, dithyramb, opera, operetta, oratorio, composition, movement, stave, passamezzo, toccata, Vorspiel, instrumental music, full score, minstrelsy, tweedledum and tweedledee, band, orchestra, concerted piece, potpourri, capriccio, vocal music, vocalism, chaunt, chant, psalm, psalmody, hymn, song, canticle, canzonet, cantata, bravura, lay, ballad, ditty, carol, pastoral, recitative, recitativo, solfeggio, Lydian measures, slow music, slow movement, adagio, minuet, siren strains, soft music, lullaby, dump, dirge, pibroch, martial music, march, dance music, waltz, solo, duet, duo, trio, quartet, quartett, septett, part song, descant, glee, madrigal, catch, round, chorus, chorale, antiphon, antiphony, accompaniment, second, bass, score, bourdon, drone, morceau, terzetto, composer, musician, musical, instrumental, vocal, choral, lyric, operatic, harmonious, Wagnerian, adagio, largo, larghetto, andante, andantino, alla capella, maestoso, moderato, allegro, allegretto, spiritoso, vivace, veloce, presto, prestissimo, con brio, capriccioso, scherzo, scherzando, legato, staccato, crescendo, diminuendo, rallentando, affettuoso, obbligato, pizzicato, desto, in notes by distance made more sweet, like the faint exquisite music of a dream, music arose with its voluptuous swell, music is the universal language of mankind, music's golden tongue, the speech of angels, will sing the savageness out of a bear, music hath charms to soothe the savage beast.Musician
N musician, artiste, performer, player, minstrel, bard, accompanist, accordionist, instrumentalist, organist, pianist, violinist, flautist, harper, fiddler, fifer, trumpeter, piper, drummer, catgut scraper, band, orchestral waits, vocalist, melodist, singer, warbler, songster, chaunter, chauntress, songstress, cantatrice, choir, quire, chorister, chorus, chorus singer, liedertafel, nightingale, philomel, thrush, siren, bulbul, mavis, Pierides, sacred nine, Orpheus, Apollo, the Muses Erato, Euterpe, Terpsichore, tuneful nine, tuneful quire, composer, performance, execution, touch, expression, solmization, playing, musical, adagio, andante.
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