Lugubre
A gloomy, mournful manner
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Lugubre is an expression mark: play with gloom, mournfulness and weight. It is darker and heavier than mesto, often tied to the low register, minor mode and slow harmony.
It differs from doloroso: doloroso is intensity of pain, lugubre is shadow and atmosphere. The usual mistake is to play it very slow and soft — gloom can have weight and pressure; the point is whether the colour darkens.
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Sources
- lugubre 的表情含义，参 The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "Expression"；本文为原创表述
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