"Which musical term means ""sustained"", and occasionally also implies ""a slowing of tempo""?"
Sostenuto piano. Sostenuto In music, sostenuto (, ; Italian 'sustained') is usually a very legato style in which the notes are performed in a sustained manner beyond their normal values. It may imply a slowing of tempo. On a modern grand piano with three pedals, the middle pedal is usually a sostenuto pedal. It sustains "only" those notes that are being held down when the pedal is depressed, allowing future notes played to be unaffected. It is commonly abbreviated "S.P.", "Sost. Ped.", or "ThP." (from the German equivalent "Tonhalte-Pedal"). On some upright pianos and lower-quality grand pianos, the middle pedal sustains
Tempo rubato Tempo rubato Tempo rubato (; "free in the presentation", Italian for "stolen time") is a musical term referring to expressive and rhythmic freedom by a slight speeding up and then slowing down of the tempo of a piece at the discretion of the soloist or the conductor. Rubato is an expressive shaping of music that is a part of phrasing. While rubato is often loosely taken to mean playing with expressive and rhythmic freedom, it was traditionally used specifically in the context of expression by speeding up and then slowing down the tempo. In the past, expressive and free playing