Meaning

3 senses
  1. A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a quick, lively tempo, faster than allegretto but slower than presto.

  2. An expressive mark indicating that a passage is to be played in a lively or happy manner, not necessarily quickly.

    a musical composition or musical passage to be performed quickly in a brisk lively manner

  3. A passage having this mark.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. If it says here allegro, you have to play allegro.

    ruЕсли здесь написано "аллегро", надо играть аллегро. — marafon

    deWenn hier Allegro steht, musst du auch Allegro spielen. — Zaghawa

Translations

4 languages

Origin

Borrowed from Italian allegro.

Borrowed from Italian allegro.

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Forms

plural: allegros
Singularallegro
Pluralallegros

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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