Stringendo
Tightening and quickening at once, often with a crescendo
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Stringendo comes from stringere, "to tighten, to squeeze". It is not merely faster: the music must grow tighter and more pressured at the same time, often with a crescendo, driving the phrase to a peak. Speed and force are one impulse here.
It differs from accelerando in that tightness: a plain acceleration can stay relaxed, while stringendo contracts the rhythmic grid and raises harmonic tension. Against affrettando it is more structural compression and less panic. Stringendo needs a destination: tightening without a goal becomes mere rushing, and the release must leave room to breathe.
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- 术语的释义与用法，参 The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians（Oxford Music Online）相关条目；本文为原创表述
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