Of lento, adagio, or andante, the slowest tempo
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Tempo - Wikipedia  In musical terminology, tempo [tmpo] is the speed or pace of a given piece or subsection .... For example, a modern largo is slower than an adagio, but in the Baroque period it was faster. .... be taken to mean slightly slower than andante) (80108 bpm); Marcia moderato  moderately, in the manner of a march (8385 bpm)...
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Tempos in order from slowest to fastest | MuseScore  Mar 21, 2011 ... Although it is possible to sort the tempo names in order of speed, there is ... Adagio - Moderately Slow ... Allegretto - A little slower than Allegro
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Goodwin's High End - Glossary of Tempo Markings  adagio. slow, but not as slow as largo. 58-97 bpm (some sources suggest 66-76 bpm ... a little slower than andante but sometimes a little faster than adagio.
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Basic Tempo Markings - Signal Mountain Bands  Allegro  fast and bright or "march tempo" (120168 bpm).  Allegro moderato ... Adagio  slow and stately (literally, "at ease") (6676 bpm).  Grave  slow...
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ADAGIO SLOW tempo ANDANTE SLOW walking tempo ...  Slide 7 of 11.
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Musical Terms: The Classic FM musical dictionary - classicfm.com ...  Oct 20, 2014 ... Meaning the music should be played slowly. Barber's ... A lively piece of music, usually free in its form and short. ... The Italian word for Bassoon. ... An instruction meaning the music is usually slow in speed, or broad in tempo. .... Tempo indications are given either at the beginning of a piece, or within it.
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Minuet - Wikipedia  A minuet is a social dance of French origin for two people, usually in 3 4 time. The word was ... Among Italian composers the minuet was often considerably quicker and ... The minuet and trio eventually became the standard third movement in the ... A Theory of Formal Functions for the Instrumental Music of Haydn, Mozart,...
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Cello Online - Music Glossary  Accelerando Accelerate or gradually increase the tempo or speed of the music. ... In fiddle music, airs are often played slowly with rubato, and are not dance tunes. ... arco is often used to indicate the next passage of music should be played with the bow. ... Coda An Italian word for "tail," coda is a musical term referring to a...
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Read Benjamin Zander's extensive article on the interpretation of ...  If we hear it at the tempo indicated both by Beethoven's Italian direction ... of the so-called 'Moonlight' Sonata: largely because of its nickname, generations of .... could hardly have desired or even imagined on the tick-tock of the metronome'. .... Here we have the rhythmic secret not only of the first movement of the Ninth but...
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CHILL WITH BACH - Naxos  Bach's transcription for harpsichord is heard here in a further arrangement for solo guitar. This shows Bach's interest in the Venetian solo concertos of the period, ... The Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major for organ is striking in its form. ... contrasting a flute treated as a solo instrument with an accompanying string group.
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Rachmaninoff - Ruggles - Kith  Ravel: We'll duke it out over Bolero. I have never heard ... Like Debussy, he wrote only one piece for a cappella choir, Trois Chansons. ... I love the opera L'enfant et les sortilges to a libretto by Colette, although I'll be dead before I hear a good recording. It strikes ... He really needs to be rediscovered as an opera composer.
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Basic Terms - McGraw Hill Higher Education  Regular, recurrent pulsation that divides miusic into equal units of time. ... Unaccented pulse preceding the downbeat. Tempo indication. Words, usually at the beginning of a piece of music, often in Italian, which specify the pace ... Emphasis of a note, which may result from its being louder (dynamic accent), longer, or higher...
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Chapter 10-14 Flashcards | Quizlet  Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. ... sounded" on an instrument as opposed to "something sung" (a "cantata"); later ... it is usually divided into contrasting sections that alternate between recitative ... (in Italian, sonata da camera) a Baroque sonata with four dance movements in...
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Musical terminology: A glossary of music terms - Syncrat  Most of the defined terms are Italian (see also Italian musical terms used in English), ... Sometimes, the special musical meanings of these phrases differ from the ... in music for bowed instruments; normally used to cancel a pizzicato direction ..... not too much, such as allegro [ma] non troppo (fast but not too fast); tutti  all;...
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Goodwin's High End - Glossary of Tempo Markings  In classical music the most common tempo markings are in Italian, though sometimes ... adagio. slow, but not as slow as largo. 58-97 bpm (some sources suggest 66-76 ... a little slower than andante but sometimes a little faster than adagio.
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Miss Jacobson's Music: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2015  HAYDN. SURPRISE. SYMPHONY NO. 94. in G MAJOR HOB I:94 ... Haydn said that the effect was meant ... Though it's slow make no mistake ... nickname is appropriately given because of the ... order to wake the ladies and gentlemen of the ... Mozart had already written a set of keyboard variations on this tune identified
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List of Italian musical terms used in English - Wikipedia  Many musical terms are in Italian, because many of the most important early composers from .... Tempo, time, The speed of music e.g. 120 BPM. Grave, solemn ... and dignified. Larghetto, a little bit broad, Not as slow as largo .... on the strings. Tutti, all, A direction for the entire ensemble to play or sing, rather than a soloist.
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Musical Terms: The Classic FM musical dictionary - classicfm.com ...  Oct 20, 2014 ... Meaning the music should be played slowly. ... A lively piece of music, usually free in its form and short. .... An instruction meaning the music is usually slow in speed, or broad in tempo. .... (Italian: 'plucked') A direction to string instrument performers to pluck the strings, rather than using the bow to create...
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[HD] Antonio Vivaldi  Autumn  The Four Seasons | I Musici (3/4 ...  Four concertos, known collectively as The Four Seasons, were first published in 1725 ... L'autunno (Autumn) is marked by a folksy harvest celebration and the ... too, but all to depict a hearty peasant celebration at the end of a bountiful harvest.
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What is a word for "very slow"? - English Language Learners Stack ...  Nov 19, 2013 ... Another example, when someone said A is warm and B is hot, then we ... Bonus question: if there is also an object C that is slower than B , what word would you use ... even time itself, as @Mari-Lou mentions (although, of course, time .... Grave  slow and solemn (2040 BPM); Lento  slowly (4045 BPM)...
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Basic glossary of musical forms - Yale University Library  May 25, 2011 ... cantata: term applied to a 17th-18th- century multi-movement ... to describe large-scale vocal works in the same spirit, generally for ... concerto grosso: orchestral form especially popular in the 17th and ... minuet: a graceful French dance of moderate 3/4 tempo often appearing as a section of extended works...