Talk:Stretto

vs Rubato
stretto is indicated in Chopin's Op.9 No2. Nocturne. My piano teacher told me the desired effect was to contrast stretto with rubato: where rubato languidly steals time and spills into following notes, stretto more urgently pushes the tempo, making the following notes appear before their time. I found that attitude in interpretation more evocative than a simple accelerando. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.231.230.110 (talk) 10:35, 20 July 2007‎

Further use in Fugue
To tighten the pace will also mean in a fugue context to enter subjects closer to each other in time, driving to a climax. e.g. if entries previously happened every 4 measures, a stretto could have entries happen every 2 measures. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.94.45.41 (talk) 01:17, 18 August 2008 (UTC)