FR cédez légèrement tempo modification common Support my free tools
How is cédez légèrement played?
Relax the pulse gently, keeping the yielding light and proportionate to the phrase. The qualifier légèrement limits both manner and degree; it does not prescribe a BPM change or fixed percentage. Treat it as a perceptible but small local easing, then resume at au mouvement, another return marking, the next tempo instruction or the end of the phrase.
How does cédez légèrement sound?
A light relaxation of pulse, without a full slowing.
In context
Ravel prints Cédez légèrement as a complete French phrase. It refines cédez by asking for a light, gentle relaxation of tempo or forward pressure: less weighty than an unqualified broad giving-way, but still musically shaped. The complete wording is the documented score form; no reliable general abbreviation was found.
Equivalent terms
- EN yield slightly
- DA giv let efter