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1.263 ritardando
ES: ritardando, retardando, I: ritardando, F: ritardando, en ralentissant, D: ritardando, langsamer werden, NL: ritardando, DK: ritardando, S: ritardando, FI: ritardando, hidastuen,
[Italian: ‘lagging’]
Gradual slowing down, more pronounced than rallentando. Mostly abbreviated to rit. or ritard.