andamento

[ an-duh-men-toh; Italian ahn-dah-men-taw ]

noun,plural an·da·men·tos, Italian an·da·men·ta [an-duh-tah]. /ˌæn də tɑ/. Music.
  1. an extended fugue subject.

  2. an episode in a fugue.

Origin of andamento

1
<Italian, equivalent to anda(re) to walk (see andante) + -mento-ment

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