Allargando means?

• A. Gradually slower and broader ("to widen")
• B. Gradually slower and softer
• C. Detach the notes
• D. Bowing tremolo

Answer: (A)

Allargando signals a broad, expansive way of playing: gradually slow the tempo and let the musical line widen in space and weight. The word itself means “to widen,” so the feel is about broadening the phrase and the sound, not just getting softer or detached. You’d stretch the notes a bit longer and shape the line to grow in scope as you move forward. The other ideas—slowing and softening, detaching the notes, or using a specific bowing technique—don’t capture that broadening tempo/phrase effect.