Gradually slackening the speed. Slowing down, gradually. Used in combination with tempo markings. A POCO means to increase the speed gradually over a span of measures. A POCO means to increase the volume gradually.
Many more combinations are possible.
Combine some tempo and style terms on your own. An elaborate solo passage with fancy embellishments to display the proficiency of a performer. Bowing or tapping the string with the wood of the bow instead of the hair. Pulling or drawing the finger quickly up or down a series of adjacent notes. B.Mus Any teacher or student of music may reproduce these pages in print , without electronic reformatting, provided that each lesson or other resource copied from the EMT site has this copyright notice attached.