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Changes in Tempo
Tempo Facts
100

This tempo means VERY slow.

What is largo?

100
This tempo means at a moderate pace.
What is moderato?
100
This tempo means quickly and lively.
What is vivace?
100
This term means to hold or pause the music.
What is fermata?
100
This musical term refers to the speed of music.
What is tempo?
200

This tempo means slowly

What is lento?

200
This tempo means moderately fast.
What is allegro moderato?
200
This tempo means lively and quick.
What is allegro?
200
This term means gradually getting slower.
What is rallentando?
200
This nationality of composers created tempo markings.
Who were the Italians?
300

This tempo means slow.

What is adagio?

300
This is the Italian word that means medium that we learned in our dynamics unit.
What is mezzo?
300
This tempo means very fast.
What is presto?
300
This term means becoming slower.
What is ritardando?
300
The Italian suffix "issimo" means this in English.
What is very?
400

This tempo means majestic or dignified

What is maestoso?

400
This tempo means at a walking pace.
What is andante?
400
This tempo means as fast a tempo as possible.
What is prestissimo?
400
This term means the music has a robbed or irregular time.
What is rubato?
400
This term means to return to the original tempo.
What is a tempo?
500
This tempo means slowly and seriously.
What is grave?
500
This man invented the metronome.
Who was Maezel?
500
This tempo would be very very very fast.
What is prestississimo?
500
This term means to gradually get faster.
What is accelerando?
500
This instrument helps musicians keep beat while practicing.
What is the metronome?
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