Definition of stringendo in English:
stringendo
adverb & adjective strɪnˈdʒɛndəʊstrin-
Music (especially as a direction) with increasing speed.
Example sentencesExamples
- I suggested stringendo applied to all the strings, while accelerando was just for the cellos.
nounPlural stringendos, Plural stringendi strɪnˈdʒɛndəʊstrin-
Music A passage performed or marked to be performed with increasing speed.
beginning with a marked stringendo, the final orchestral climax approaches
Example sentencesExamples
- In Wachet auf, five crescendi and stringendi markings appear simultaneously.
- The rubato and stringendi which Brahms actually prescribes in the finale's slow introduction are very well controlled.
- Here, accelerandos and stringendos and rallantandos, and so forth are very important.
- Another example is the overworked ‘Prelude in C sharp minor,’ where he avoids extra-added stringendos in favor of a steadier tempo throughout.
- Once a series of stepped dynamics and stringendi have reached a passionate climax, the brief cadenza that follows is extended all the way to a low D.
Origin
Italian, literally 'squeezing, binding together'.