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1.8 adagio ¶

ES: adagio, lento, I: adagio, F: adagio, lent, D: Adagio, Langsam, NL: adagio, DK: adagio, S: adagio, FI: adagio, hitaasti.

[Italian: ‘comfortable, easy’]

• Slow tempo, slower – especially in even meter – than andante and faster than largo.
• A movement in slow tempo, especially the second (slow) movement of sonatas, symphonies, etc.

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