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  2. Tempo - Wikipedia

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    Although tempo is described or indicated in many different ways, including with a range of words (e.g., "Slowly", "Adagio", and so on), it is typically measured in beats per minute (bpm or BPM). For example, a tempo of 60 beats per minute signifies one beat per second, while a tempo of 120 beats per minute is twice as rapid, signifying two ...

  3. Metronome - Wikipedia

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    Metronomes often display both BPM numbers and traditional tempo markings, which are written words conveying a range of tempos and an associated character. For example, the Italian term Vivace indicates a tempo typically between 156 and 176 BPM, but it also communicates that the music should be played with a lively character. [12]

  4. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    In time (i.e. the performer should return to the stable tempo, such as after an accelerando or ritardando); also may be found in combination with other terms such as a tempo giusto (in strict time) or a tempo di menuetto (at the speed of a minuet) ab (Ger.) off, organ stops or mutes abafando (Port.) muffled, muted abandon or avec (Fr.)

  5. List of Italian musical terms used in English - Wikipedia

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    A large stringed instrument in the bass or contra-bass range Voices. Italian term ... Vivace: vivacious: Fast and lively tempo (quicker than allegro) Dynamics – volume

  6. Frequency extender - Wikipedia

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    In broadcast engineering, a frequency extender is an electronic device that expands the usable frequency range of POTS telephone lines. [1] It also allows high-fidelity analog audio to be sent over regular telephone lines, without the loss of lower audio frequencies . It is an extended concept of a telephone hybrid.

  7. Sonata cycle - Wikipedia

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    Or, if used as the last movement, is in a fast tempo such as prestissimo, presto, or vivace. Like in Beethoven's "Pathetique" sonata Op.13 Third Movement. Fourth Movement

  8. Tempo giusto - Wikipedia

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    The composer and music theorist Johann Kirnberger (1776) formalized and refined this idea by instructing the performer to consider the following details in combination when determining the best performance tempo of a piece: the tempo giusto of the meter, the tempo term (Allegro, Adagio, etc., if there is one, at the start of the piece), the ...

  9. Dynamics (music) - Wikipedia

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    In music, the dynamics of a piece are the variation in loudness between notes or phrases.Dynamics are indicated by specific musical notation, often in some detail.However, dynamics markings require interpretation by the performer depending on the musical context: a specific marking may correspond to a different volume between pieces or even sections of one piece.