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Less of a walking pace than andante (so slightly quicker) A tempo: to time: Return to previous tempo Fermata: held, stopped, orig. Latin firmo "make firm, fortify" Holding or sustaining a note Grave: grave, solemn: Slow and solemn tempo (slower than largo) Largo: broad: Slow and dignified tempo Largamente: broadly: Slow and dignified tempo ...
andante At a walking pace (i.e. at a moderate tempo) andantino Slightly faster than andante (but earlier it is sometimes used to mean slightly slower than andante) ängstlich (Ger.) Anxiously anima Soul; con anima: with feeling animandosi Progressively more animated animato Animated, lively antiphon
In musical terminology, tempo (Italian for 'time'; plural 'tempos', or tempi from the Italian plural), measured in beats per minute, is the speed or pace of a given composition, and is often also an indication of the composition's character or atmosphere.
The tempo of a slow movement can vary from largo to andante, though occasionally allegretto slow movements can be found, especially in works by Beethoven. It is usually in the dominant , subdominant , parallel , or relative key of the musical work's main key, but also in any variation or combination of them; the subdominant of the relative ...
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Vivace is lively, fast, and bright, meaning with the 4/4 measurement, a range of 156 to 176 bpm is how it's defined in many metronomes nowadays. Meaning anywhere between 39 and 44 measures/bars per minute. Vivacissimo and allegressimo are very fast, bright, and lively, meaning ranges from 172 to 176 are reliable for the 4/4 markings.
After the opening statement, it transitions to E major with a tempo marking of "più tranquillo e dolce." The E minor theme and tempo return, and the piece concludes with an E major variation of the original E minor theme and tempo. III. Romance is written in a time signature of 3/4. It begins in B major with a tempo marking of "Andante con ...
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 ...