Tempo
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Tempo describes the speed of music - from adagio to allegro and plenty in-between - these are mostly Italian terms:
- Grave - very slow
- Largo - broadly (slowly)
- Lento - slowly
- Adagio - slowly with great expression
- Andante - walking pace
- Moderato - moderately
- Allegretto - fairly fast
- Allegro - fast, quick
- Vivace - lively and fast
- Presto - very very fast
There's also terms for speed changes: accelerando / accel. = speed up & ritardando / rit. = slow down.
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