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tempo

[ tem-poh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural tem·pos, tem·pi [tem, -pee].

Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
characteristic rate, rhythm, or pattern of work or activity:
the tempo of city life.
Chess. the gaining or losing of time and effectiveness relative to one's continued mobility or developing position, especially with respect to the number of moves required to gain an objective:
Black gained a tempo.

tempo

/ ˈtɛmpəʊ /

the speed at which a piece or passage of music is meant to be played, usually indicated by a musical direction ( tempo marking ) or metronome marking
rate or pace

tempo

In music, the speed at which a piece is performed. It is the Italian word for “time.”

Origin of tempo¹

1680–90; < Italian < Latin tempus time

Origin of tempo¹

C18: from Italian, from Latin tempus time

Two minutes later, Crown and his brother pulled up to the hospital in their sister’s ‘85 Ford Tempo.

I realized quite early on that it would be different in that respect—a slower tempo.

Turn Up the TunesStudies have found that up-tempo music can make you feel more energetic and put you in a better mood.

At the same time, it has escalated the tempo of aerial bombardment and resumed its scorched earth campaign against civilians.

Rather it is the time to increase the size and tempo of guerrilla attacks even through the coming, bitterly cold Afghan winter.

I don't play anything up to tempo under her—always slow, slow, slow.

The “Bullier” orchestra will interest you; they play with a snap and fire and a tempo that is irresistible.

Thus the pitch is treated by him as modern notation treats the tempo, viz.

Let us try if it is not possible to obtain a clearer notion of this mysterious tempo rubato.

Above all, however, we have to keep in mind that the tempo rubato is a genus which comprehends numerous species.

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