See Also: tenuto(dictionary)

tenuto (iou)



tenuto adverb, adjective, & noun. M18.
[Italian, pa. pple of tenere hold.]
Music.
A. adverb & adjective. A direction: giving the note its full time-value; sustained(ly). (Abbreviation ten.) M18.
B. noun. Pl. -tos, -ti [-ti]. A note or chord played tenuto. M20.