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Tempo


~Allegretto~

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  • Larghissimo — very, very slow (20 bpm and below)
  • Grave — slow and solemn (20–40 bpm)
  • Lento — slowly (40–60 bpm)
  • Largo — broadly (40–60 bpm)
  • Larghetto — rather broadly (60–66 bpm)
  • Adagio — slow and stately (literally, "at ease") (66–76 bpm)
  • Adagietto — rather slow (70–80 bpm)
  • Andante moderato — a bit slower than andante
  • Andante — at a walking pace (76–108 bpm)
  • Andantino – slightly faster than andante
  • Moderato — moderately (108–120 bpm)
  • Allegretto — moderately fast (but less so than allegro)
  • Allegro moderato — moderately quick (112–124 bpm)
  • Allegro — fast, quickly and bright (120–168 bpm)
  • Vivace — lively and fast (≈140 bpm) (quicker than allegro)
  • Vivacissimo — very fast and lively
  • Allegrissimo — very fast
  • Presto — very fast (168–200 bpm)
  • Prestissimo — extremely fast (more than 200bpm)

 

Thank you Wikipedia.

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I have been playing the piano for well over half my life and Grave is still a tempo term I've never seen.

 

The only markings I normally see for tempo are vivace, allegro, andante, moderato, and presto. Sometimes adagio, andantino, or largo, but not much else. Never vivacissimo or allegrissimo; I had no idea those existed in music until now. XD

 

I guess that answered my question. :P

 

Wow, nice. I expanded my knowledge today. :P

 

Yay I'm a teacher! Allegro Sonata: Teacher for an Entry!

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I have been playing the piano for well over half my life and Grave is still a tempo term I've never seen.

The only markings I normally see for tempo are vivace, allegro, andante, moderato, and presto. Sometimes adagio, andantino, or largo, but not much else. Never vivacissimo or allegrissimo; I had no idea those existed in music until now. XD

I have never seen those either, but I knew of their existence due to rudimentary Italian knowledge of the "-issimo" suffix.

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