Wie gewöhnlich: meaning and use in music

Wie gewöhnlich means as usual: return to the locally established ordinary way of playing; write the complete German phrase in full.

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How is wie gewöhnlich played?

Cancel the preceding exceptional technique or colour and resume the normal production established for this instrument, performer or passage. “As usual” is relational rather than absolute: it does not create one standard tone, contact point, dynamic or articulation, and unrelated active instructions remain in force.

How does wie gewöhnlich sound?

The sound resets to the normal tone for the instrument or passage.

In context

Wie gewöhnlich is a German reset phrase meaning as usual. It is scope-bearing and distinct from the standalone headword gewöhnlich even though their practical uses overlap. No candidate received three independent direct expansions of this exact phrase, so it remains written out.

Equivalent terms

  • IT ordinario
  • FR ordinaire
  • EN as usual
  • DA som normalt
  • DA normalt igen

Music theory and score context

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