TEMPO TERMS

This term means "the speed of the music."

• tempo

• dynamics

• rhythm

• pitch

a tempo

• Get faster

• Get slower

• Return to the original speed

• get louder

accelerando

• Get slower

• Get louder

• Fast

• Get faster

adagio

• slow

• fast

• medium

• very slow

allegro

• slow

• very slow

• fast

• very fast

andante

• walking speed

• running speed

• sleeping speed

• sprinting speed

largo

• a little slow

• a little fast

• very fast

• very slow

moderato

• fast

• running speed

• medium or moderate speed

• slow

ritardando

• get slower

• always slow

• never slow

• a little slow

presto

• like a turtle

• like a jaguar

• like a snail

• like a sloth