<P> It is also possible to indicate a more or less gradual change in tempo , for instance with an accelerando ( speeding up ) or ritardando ( rit. , slowing down ) marking . Indeed some compositions - for instance , Monti 's Csárdás or the Russian Civil War song Echelon Song - are mainly composed of accelerando passages . </P>
<P> It is also possible to indicate a more or less gradual change in tempo , for instance with an accelerando ( speeding up ) or ritardando ( rit. , slowing down ) marking . Indeed some compositions - for instance , Monti 's Csárdás or the Russian Civil War song Echelon Song - are mainly composed of accelerando passages . </P>
accelerando is a term indicating that the tempo is
accelerando is a term indicating that the tempo is
speeding up
speeding up