TENUTO

Tenuto

Tenuto is a direction used in musical notation. It is one of the earliest directions to be used in music notation, as Notker of St. Gall discusses the use of the letter t in plainsong notation as meaning trahere vel tenere debere in one of his letters.

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tenuto

Noun

  1. A tempo mark directing that a note or passage is to be held for the full time
  2. A passage having this mark

Adjective

agitato

  1. describing a passage having this mark

Adverb

tenuto

  1. In a sustained manner


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