metronome marking
- noun
- /ˈmɛtrəˌnoʊm ˈmɑrkɪŋ/
- Specialized
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marcación de metrónomo
- For practice, he set the metronome marking to 120 beats per minute.
Examples
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Instead, the teacher assigned goals with specific metronome markings for the students to practice.
Academic text (2014) -
The result is that most performers traditionally take the Trio at roughly half the speed of the metronome marking in the score.
Blog text (4) -
The musician adjusted the metronome marking to match the desired tempo for the performance.
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She checked the metronome marking before starting to play the piece accurately.
Synonyms
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3.4
How fast music or an activity happens
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Number of beats in one minute that shows how fast a song is
Number of beats in music in one minute that shows a song's speed
A sign that shows how fast music should be played in beats per minute
How Fast
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward noun–noun compound where 'metronome' (a device that indicates tempo) modifies 'marking' (an indication or sign), so the meaning — the tempo indication given by a metronome (beats per minute) — is directly derivable from the parts. The compositional pattern '[device] marking/indicator' is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words would understand this MWE.
Etymology
The term metronome marking comes from a small device called a metronome that makes a steady tick. The marking is the number written on the music to show how many 'beats' happen in one minute, so it tells you the piece's 'speed'.