The broad stream of the river as it enters Prague is almost too sprightly and lithe, but this means that the entry of the Vysehrad theme, prepared for by a very effective ritardando, is all the more impressive.

1)" This project compared the effectiveness of three approaches to teaching expressiveness to music students: * aural modeling (AM) * verbal or written instructions giving concrete verbal instructions (CM), for example, markings such as crescendo, ritardando, accelerando and so on * verbal instruction using imagery and metaphor (MI) Three piano melodies were given to 36 college music students, half of whom were advanced pianists, and the other half were deemed competent pianists.

Such qualities as tension and relaxation, crescendo and diminuendo, accelerando and ritardando may be applied to emotions and interactions as well as to music.