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

2. 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

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

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

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

6. 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

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

8. The “continuum of tempo”
etto, ino
issimo
Grave Largo Adagio Andante Moderato Allegro Vivo Presto q=

9. 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

10. 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

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