Poco a poco
Little by little — a gradual, incremental change applied to any musical direction
Category
modifier
Pronunciation
POH-koh ah POH-koh
Origin
Italian
Length
84 words · 1 min read
About Poco a poco
Poco a poco means a change should happen gradually rather than suddenly. Poco a poco crescendo means get louder bit by bit; poco a poco accelerando means speed up incrementally.
More modifier terms
Non troppo
View all modifierterms →Not too much — a restraining qualifier for tempo or expression
Ma non troppoBut not too much — a moderating instruction that tempers an accompanying direction
MenoLess — reduces the degree of the direction it modifies
MoltoVery; much. A modifier that intensifies another musical direction.
SempreAlways; continuously throughout the passage.
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