calando

[kah-lahn-doh]

ca·lan·do

[kah-lahn-doh] Music.
adjective
1.
becoming slower and softer; dying away.
adverb
2.
in a slower, softer manner.

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Calando is always a great word to know.
So is quarter note. Does it mean:
note equivalent to one fourth of a whole note
rest equal in time value to a quarter note

Origin:
1850–55; < Italian: slackening < Latin calandum, gerund of calāre to let down < Greek chalân to loosen, slacken
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calando (kəˈlændəʊ)
 
adj, —adv
music (to be performed) with gradually decreasing tone and speed
 
[Italian: dropping, from calare to lower, to drop]

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