Tempo (Tempii) How fast (beats per minute) a piece of music is. Marked by the composer and followed by the conductor.

Largo – Very Slow Antonin Dvorak – Largo from “New World Symphony” (1893) Movement II. Dvorak - Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" - II (part 1) - YouTube

Adagio - Slow Samuel Barber – Adagio for Strings (1936).

Andante – Walking Tempo Tchaikovsky – Symphony #5 II Andante Cantabile (1888). Horn Solo's Tchaikovsky Fifth Symphony Stefan Dohr - YouTube

Moderato - Moderately Sergei Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto #2 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto Number 2 Movement I.

Allegro – fast and joyful. Mozart – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik K. 525 Movement I. Allegro (1787). W.A.Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Complete, rec.1973) Slovak Chamber Orchestra - YouTube

Vivace – very fast and lively Tchaikovsky Symphony #4 IV. Allegro Vivace (1877). Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4, 4th mvmt - YouTube

The “continuum of tempo” etto, ino issimo Grave Largo Adagio Andante Moderato Allegro Vivo Presto q= 40-50 60-70 70-80 80-100 100-119 120-140 140-160 160+

Tempo markings can be altered with suffixes etto, ino – less than what it is. Brings the tempo “toward the center of the continuum of tempo”. issimo – more than what it is. Brings the tempo “away from the center of the continuum of tempo”. Ex. Allegretto = slower than Allegro. Ex. Vivissimo = Faster than Vivace

Some other descriptive terms Molto, Assai – very Meno – less Scherzo – joke Mosso – motion Con brio – briskly Deciso – decisively Ma non troppo – but not too much Comodo – comfortably Tempo primo – back to original tempo Cantabile – singingly Grazioso – gracefully Pesante – heavily Sempre – always Sostenuto – sustained Batutta – one measure is one beat Espressivo – expressivley Maestoso – Majestically Con Moto – with motion

Define the following tempo markings Adagietto Larghetto Andantino Allegro Molto Adagio assai Allegro ma non troppo Prestissimo Allegro con brio