What is "andantino"

Andantino \An`dan*ti"no\, a. [It., dim. of andante.] (Mus.) Rather quicker than andante; between that allegretto.

Note: Some, taking andante in its original sense of ``going,'' and andantino as its diminutive, or ``less going,'' define the latter as slower than andante.

adv. (context music English) A tempo that is slighty faster than andante but slower than moderato.

adj. (of tempo) moderately fast

Andantino may refer to:

• Andantino (music), an Italian tempo marking meaning a tempo that is slightly slower than Andante (although in some cases it can be taken to mean slightly faster than Andante) (78–83 BPM)
• Andantino (ballet), a Jerome Robbins ballet
• Andantino (game), a two-player board game

Andantino is a two-player dynamic board game of abstract strategy, invented by David Smith. The players take turns placing hexagonal tiles on an empty surface, creating the "board" as the game progresses.

Andantino can be played on Richard's PBeM Server. Statistics have shown that the first player wins about 92.5% of all games, some players see this as evidence that the game is flawed, others see it as a challenge.

The rules are as follows:

• The two players, Black and White, each have an unlimited supply of tiles of their own colour. The tiles are regular hexagons with no distinguishing features other than colour.
• The two players alternately place tiles, starting with White.
• Black must place his or her first tile adjacent to the starting tile. After this, every tile must be placed adjacent to at least two of the tiles already placed.
• A player wins by accomplishing one of two goals:
  • Completing a straight line of five tiles, or
  • Surrounding one or more of the opponent's tiles in a continuous loop. There may be empty spaces inside the loop, as long as there is at least one opposing tile.

Like many connection games, where pieces typically do not move or become captured, Andantino lends itself well to play as a pencil and paper game. It can be considered a considerably deeper replacement for Tic-Tac-Toe. Irensei provides a similar mix of line-building and capturing goals, and is played on a go board.

David Smith's games commonly use a dynamic board, as is the case in Spangles and Trax.

Andantino, originally titled Pas de Deux, is a ballet made for New York City Ballet's Tschaikovsky Festival by ballet master Jerome Robbins to the second movement of the composer's Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 (1875). The premiere took place on 4 June 1981 at New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, with costumes by Ben Benson and lighting by Ronald Bates.