Tempo

:This article is about tempo in music. For tempo in chess, see Tempo (chess).

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In musical terminology, tempo (Italian for "time") is the speed or pace of a given piece.

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The tempo of a piece will typically be written at the start of a piece of music, and is usually indicated in beats per minute (BPM). This means that a particular note value (for example, a quarter note or crotchet) is specified as the beat, and the marking indicates that a certain number of these beats must be played per minute.

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Tempo

Fan Bridge by Moonlight from "Views of Mount Tempo" 1834

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►	Introduction
►	Measuring tempo
►	Musical vocabulary for tempo
►	Understood tempos
►	Italian tempo markings
►	Tempo markings in other languages
►	Rushing and dragging
►	Can tempo terms be defined with the metronome?
►	Tempo markings as movement names
►	Usage note: plural
►	External links

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Crotchet (1) - Note value (1) - Beat (1) - TIME (1) - Time (disambiguation) (1) - Beats per minute (1) - Italian (1) - Musical terminology (1) - Time (1) - Piece (1) - Speed (1) -

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