The musical term that means to slow tempo is ritardando. If you'd like to slow the tempo very quickly you'd call it a molto ritardando.
To return to the original tempo, "a tempo" is written in the music
rit. or ritard.
Ritardando is a musical term meaning to gradually slow down in tempo.
Kinds of tempo: presto (very fast) allegro (fast) moderato (moderate) andante (moderate, literally a "walking" tempo) lento (slower than adagio) largo (very slow) accelerando (increasing the speed) ritardando (slowing down).
In music, senza ritardando means without slowing, in other words keep the tempo.
The terms "ritardando" and "rallentando" are both used to signify a gradually decreasing tempo.
In music, senza ritardando means without slowing, in other words keep the tempo.
Rubato is a musical term that refers to tempo fluctuations, where the performer may speed up or slow down the tempo at their discretion for expressive purposes.
ritardando is slowing down, and so is rallentando. they are abbreviated rit. or ritard and rall.
adagio Ritardando ... the term 'adagio' is a tempo, not the act of slowing down.
it means that the director/drum major will tell you when to play the next note in that measure(s) and watch carefully because the director/drum major will tell you when to go back to regular time and rit is short for something i just forgot so instead of rit i say ritard