Tempo in Music

What is tempo in Music?

• How loud or soft the music is

• The speed of the music

• The rhythms used

• The instruments being played

Tempo terms are usually written in which language?

• German

• English

• French

• Italian

What does Allegro mean?

• Moderately Slow

• Fast

• Slow

• Very Slow

What does Largo mean?

• Very slow

• Very fast

• Slow

• Fast

What does Adagio mean?

• Very slow

• Soft

• Slow

• Fast

What does Andante mean?

• Very slow

• Moderately slow

• Moderately loud

• Fast

What does Allegretto mean?

• Moderately fast

• Fast

• Very fast

• Moderately slow

What does Presto mean?

• Very fast

• Slow

• Soft

• Moderately fast

Describe the metronome mark.

• 90 crotchets per minute

• 60 quavers per minute

• 60 crotchets per minute.

• 60 crotchets in 2 minutes

Describe the metronome mark.

• 144 quavers per minute

• 144 crotchets per minute

• 60 crotchets per minute

• 144 minims per minute