uptempo
- adjective
- /ˌʌpˈtɛmpoʊ/
- In uptempo "Paris in the Twenties" style music, the people of Paris all sing, welcoming Anya and Dmitri, Sophie and Vlad, to Paris!
- uptempo style
- uptempo songs
- uptempo music
Examples
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The only great uptempo track is, however, "Here I Am."
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From midnight through two-thirty, I played uptempo rock songs for a party that I knew happened almost every week, somewhere near Philly.
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Otherwise, success has been rare among uptempo teams.
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Phoenix and its fans have watched uptempo basketball with a unique perspective of late.
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"Nobody can make me feel like dancing all night," she croons on the uptempo dance track.
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Just days after playing a 54-possession exhibition game, Michigan opted for an uptempo attack in a 71-possession shootout.
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For her third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad, Rihanna embraced a new musical direction through uptempo dance tracks produced by the likes of Timbaland, will.i.am, and Sean Garrett.
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But I'd had high hopes for day two, looking forward to seeing Surfer Blood, an uptempo indie-rock band whose debut album I liked very much, and Real Estate, a mellower but generally likable group.
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There then follows a run of single-word titles: I particularly liked "Trouble," an uptempo stomper with everything going on: hot horns, rock and roll guitar, strong vocals and harmonies, and an exciting harp solo to top it.
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This album features several uptempo tracks that are perfect for dancing.
Synonyms
Happening very quickly with a lot of action
At a quick, lively speed in music
At a very fast speed in music
In music, played or sung at the fastest possible speed
Antonyms
How Fast
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Uptempo comes from the parts up ('faster' or 'higher') and tempo ('speed' in music), so it describes music played at a fast, lively beat.