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Tempo describes the speed of music - from adagio (slow) to allegro (fast) and plenty in-between - these are mostly Italian terms.
 
Tempo describes the speed of music - from adagio (slow) to allegro (fast) and plenty in-between - these are mostly Italian terms.
  
There's also speed changes: ''accelerando'' (accel) = speed up & ''ritardando'' (rit) = slow down.
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There's also speed changes: ''accelerando'' / ''accel'' = speed up & ''ritardando'' / ''rit.'' = slow down.
  
 
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Read more: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempo Wikipedia]
 
Read more: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempo Wikipedia]

Revision as of 21:13, 4 August 2020

Tempo describes the speed of music - from adagio (slow) to allegro (fast) and plenty in-between - these are mostly Italian terms.

There's also speed changes: accelerando / accel = speed up & ritardando / rit. = slow down.


Read more: Wikipedia