tempo
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈtɛmpoʊ/
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tempo
- Will my ensemble be able to perform the piece at the tempo indicated in the score?
- a fast tempo
- a slow tempo
- tempo of 138 bpm
Try smiling, you know, match your tempo to the other person.
- Try smiling, you know, match your tempo to the other person.
- A musician shifts tempo in the middle of a phrase.
- And then I used to play it like double this tempo and I can't build it.
- I watched it all happen at week in, week out, as the tempos built, as the styles changed.
- And I think they've raised the game, raise the tempo and, and, and changed change the dynamics.
- This is what takes me down is that I publicly shamed you for being off tempo with your clap.
- How you give that up beat connotes the tempo and connotes the character and the dynamic.
- Typically the anti flirting tempo is fast.
- Loved a slow very like consistent tempo of drink pipes Bosch like that.
- All these numbers govern the tempo, the, the, the tempos, the cosmic tempos, right?
- Is it truly a clinical condition or is it a tempo condition?
- What was your guys's op tempo on that deployment?
Examples
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A musician shifts tempo in the middle of a phrase.
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A snatch of music played, something with a bouncy tempo and a lot of horns.
Fiction book (2002) -
But the tempo was so slow.
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Do you write where the mood and tempo match the theme of the film?
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A student is asked to determine the tempo goal for a difficult passage.
Academic text (2011) -
Start slowly and gradually increase the tempo until they can match the tempo of the recording.
Academic text (2011) -
Pieces born of this design may be quite various in tempo, character, and tonal orientation.
Academic text (1991) -
To collaborate successfully, students must perform at tempo with correct notes, articulation, and dynamics.
Academic text (2011) -
Pick up that tempo!
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The conductor made sure the orchestra played at the correct tempo for the symphony.
Synonyms
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2.1
The speed or amount at which something happens over time
∞
1.0
How fast someone or something moves
409
2.0
How fast someone or something moves
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4.6
The speed at which a piece of music is played
How Fast
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tempo comes from the Italian tempo and the Latin tempus, which mean 'time', so a song's tempo is literally its 'time' or speed; that's why tempo tells musicians how fast to play.