

(a nineteenth-century Maezel metronome suggests 144 bpm) (a nineteenth-century Maezel metronome suggests 100 bpm) (a modern electronic metronome suggests 110 bpm) (a nineteenth-century Maezel metronome suggests 84 bpm) (a modern electronic metronome suggests 80-100 bpm)Ħ6-126 bpm (some sources suggest 120-168 bpm) (a nineteenth-century Maezel metronome suggests 69 bpm) (a nineteenth-century Maezel metronome suggests 52 bpm)Ī little slower than andante but sometimes a little faster than adagioĥ6-88 bpm (some sources suggest 76-108 bpm) (a modern electronic metronome suggests 70 bpm) (a nineteenth-century Maezel metronome suggests 60 bpm) (a modern electronic metronome suggests 60 bpm)ĥ8-97 bpm (some sources suggest 66-76 bpm while others suggest 48-66 bpm) (a modern electronic metronome suggests 50 bpm) (a nineteenth-century Maezel metronome suggests 40 bpm) The most common tempo related marks are listed below with, in some cases, suggestions as to the number of beat per minute equivalent to those markings.Įxtremely slow, but not as slow as larghissimo


by the way the music was written down, in particular, the choice of note for the beat and/or the time signature employed.by reference to particular dance forms whose general tempi would have been part of the common experience of musicians of the time.through the use of tempo marks, most commonly in Italian.Until the invention of a mechanical device called the metronome, the performance speed of a piece of music was indicated in three possible ways: The relationship between notes and rests is formalised but the duration or time value of any particular note is unquantified. We mentioned in lesson 2 that musical notation is an example of proportional notation. Table of Tempo Markings :: Fermata, Fetura & Caesura :: Dance Tempi :: Tempo through Notation :: Metronome Marks Previous lesson :: next lesson :: contents :: index :: manuscript paper :: comments or queries? To use the menu you must first enable javascript
