ad libitum
(Ad Li-BEE-tum)
[Lat., at will]
At the discretion of the
performer
; At pleasure, changing the
tempo
of a particular
passage
. A part that may be omitted if desired. It is often used in the shortened form,
ad lib
.
See also
a piacere
.
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