allegro ma non troppo

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Definition of allegro ma non troppo in English English dictionary

Played in this manner

A passage having this mark

Describing a passage having this mark

A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played allegro, but not too much so

Related Terms

allegro non troppo

Fast but not too fast

ma non troppo

(Music) but not too much, used to give a direction in music

Hyphenation

Al·le·gro ma non trop·po

Etymology

() From the Italian allegro (“cheerful”) ma (“but”) non (“not”) troppo (“too much”).