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Definition of Tenuto
1. Noun. (music) A tempo mark directing that a note or passage is to be held for the full time ¹
2. Noun. (music) A passage having this mark ¹
3. Adverb. (music) In a sustained manner ¹
4. Adjective. (music) describing a passage having this mark ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tenuto
1. a musical note or chord held longer than its normal duration [n -TI or -TOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenuto
Literary usage of Tenuto
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles of Expression in Pianoforte Playing by Adolph Friedrich Christiani (1885)
"But, while tenuto (ten. or A ) is more employed within a movement, ... The fact,
that tenuto and fermate refer to individual points merely, renders these ..."
2. The Principles of Expression in Pianoforte Playing by Adolph Friedrich Christiani (1885)
"But, while tenuto (ten. or A ) is more employed within a movement, ... The fact,
that tenuto and fermate refer to individual points merely, renders these ..."
3. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1910)
"tenuto, 'held'; a direction of very frequent occurrence in pianoforte music,
though not often used in orchestral scores. It (or its contraction ten. ..."
4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1895)
"Atti del Primo Congresso Geografico Italiano tenuto in Genova, 1892. Vol. ii.
part i. Genoa, 1894. Pp. 195-267. France—Mountain Lakes. <'.!'! ..."
5. On the Performance of Beethoven's Symphonies by Felix Weingartner (1907)
"... tenuto tenuto '//• * " "//- a tempo tenuto mm* Page 60, bar 8. This passage
in horns, trumpets and kettle-drums which brings in the magnificent return ..."
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