A passage of music is marked "ritardando" .The composer is instructing the players to slow down and then return to the original speed
Music is the skill of arranging sound. It is one of the universal cultural aspects of all human societies. Music may be defined with styles that emphasize, or omit common elements of organized sound, such as rhythm, volume and pitch.
Rhythm may be specified with tempos, sometimes organized using meters, and often coordinating the variation an pitch. In some musical contexts, a performance or composition may be to some extent improvised.
For instance, in Hindustani classical music, the performer plays spontaneously while following a partially defined structure and using characteristic motifs.
In modal jazz the performers may take turns leading and responding, while sharing a changing set of notes."
In a free jazz music context, there may be no structure whatsoever, with each performer acting at their discretion.
Music may be deliberately composed to be unperformable, or agglomerated electronically from many performances.
Music is played in public and private areas, highlighted at events such as festivals, rock concerts, and orchestra performance, and heard incidentally as part of a score or soundtrack to a film, TV show, opera, or video game.
Musical playback is the primary function of an MP3 player or CD player and a universal feature of radios and smartphones."
Ritardando means (especially as a direction) with a gradual decrease of speed.
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