FR un peu retenu tempo modification common Support my free tools
How is un peu retenu played?
Hold back the motion slightly, making the phrase more reserved while preserving the underlying pulse and connection onward. The result may be a brief moment of gathered tension or calm, but it should not become a broad ritardando or come to a stop. Keep the nuance local until 1er Mouvement, another return marking, a new tempo instruction or the end of the phrase.
How does un peu retenu sound?
A small restraint in tempo or forward energy.
In context
Bärenreiter’s Ravel glossary translates un peu retenu as “slightly held back,” and score contexts pair the retained state with later returns to the movement. The phrase qualifies retenu by degree: a small restraint in tempo or forward energy, not a fixed numerical slowdown. The documented score practice writes the words in full.
Equivalent terms
- EN slightly held back
- DA lidt tilbageholdt