Talk:Stretto

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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.