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  2. Tempo - Wikipedia

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    Many tempo markings also indicate mood and expression. For example, presto and allegro both indicate a speedy execution (presto being faster), but allegro also connotes joy (from its original meaning in Italian). Presto, on the other hand, simply indicates speed. Additional Italian words also indicate tempo and mood.

  3. List of Italian musical terms used in English - Wikipedia

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    The speed of music; e.g. 120 BPM (beats per minute) (Tempo) rubato: robbed: Free flowing and exempt from steady rhythm Tenuto: sustained: Holding or sustaining a single note Vivace: vivacious: Fast and lively tempo (quicker than allegro)

  4. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    In instrumental music, a style of playing that imitates the way the human voice might express the music, with a measured tempo and flexible legato. cantilena a vocal melody or instrumental passage in a smooth, lyrical style canto Chorus; choral; chant cantus mensuratus or cantus figuratus (Lat.) Meaning respectively "measured song" or "figured ...

  5. Tempo giusto - Wikipedia

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    The composer and music theorist Johann Kirnberger (1776) formalized and refined this idea by instructing the performer to consider the following details in combination when determining the best performance tempo of a piece: the tempo giusto of the meter, the tempo term (Allegro, Adagio, etc., if there is one, at the start of the piece), the ...

  6. Variations on a Theme of Corelli - Wikipedia

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    Variation 5. Allegro (ma non tanto) Variation 6. L'istesso tempo; Variation 7. Vivace; Variation 8. Adagio misterioso; Variation 9. Un poco piu mosso; Variation 10. Allegro scherzando; Variation 11. Allegro vivace; Variation 12. L'istesso tempo; Variation 13. Agitato; Intermezzo; Variation 14. Andante (come prima) (D ♭ major) Variation 15. L ...

  7. Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven) - Wikipedia

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    From the last episode in F major, the movement transitions to Vivace through a series of no fewer than sixty-one repetitions of the note E. The Vivace (. = 104) is in sonata form, and is dominated by lively dance-like dotted rhythms, sudden dynamic changes, and abrupt modulations. The first theme of the Vivace is shown below.

  8. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...

  9. Symphony No. 9 (Schubert) - Wikipedia

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    III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace; Trio The third movement is a lengthy Scherzo and Trio which is structured in sonata form. IV. Finale. Allegro vivace The finale is in an extended sonata form. There are no less than six unique thematic elements in the main themes alone. The development section focuses on the third and sixth thematic elements.