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Rubato

Rubato Meaning & Definition
Rubato Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Rubato?

[n] a flexible tempo; not strictly on the beat

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See Also | pacing | tempo

Rubato In Webster's Dictionary

\Ru*ba"to\, a. [It.] Robbed; borrowed. {Temple rubato}. [It.] (Mus.) Borrowed time; -- a term applied to a style of performance in which some tones are held longer than their legitimate time, while others are proportionally curtailed.

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