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  2. Tempo - Wikipedia

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    In musical terminology, tempo (Italian for 'time'; plural 'tempos', or tempi from the Italian plural), measured in beats per minute, is the speed or pace of a given composition, and is often also an indication of the composition's character or atmosphere.

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

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    At a walking pace; flowing; moderately slow tempo Andantino: a little bit walking: Less of a walking pace than andante (so slightly quicker) A tempo: to time: Return to previous tempo Fermata: held, stopped, orig. Latin firmo "make firm, fortify" Holding or sustaining a note Grave: grave, solemn: Slow and solemn tempo (slower than largo) Largo ...

  4. Speech tempo - Wikipedia

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    Speakers vary their speed of speaking according to contextual and physical factors. A typical speaking rate for English is 4 syllables per second, [5] but in different emotional or social contexts the rate may vary, one study reporting a range between 3.3 and 5.9 syl/sec, [6] Another study found significant differences in speaking rate between story-telling and taking part in an interview.

  5. Rhythm - Wikipedia

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    Short: of the order of one second (1 Hz, 60 bpm, 10–100,000 audio cycles). Musical tempo is generally specified in the range 40 to 240 beats per minute. A continuous pulse cannot be perceived as a musical beat if it is faster than 8–10 per second (8–10 Hz, 480–600 bpm) or slower than 1 per 1.5–2 seconds (0.6–0.5 Hz, 40–30 bpm).

  6. Military step - Wikipedia

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    It is at the same tempo as Quick Time, but instead of 30 inches, the step is 15 inches. Double March: This is essentially a moderate jog at approximately 180 36 inch paces (British armed services: 40 inch) per minute. It creates a travel speed of approximately double that of Quick Time, designed to be used even when carrying heavy burdens.

  7. Pulse (music) - Wikipedia

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    The tempo is the speed of the pulse. If a pulse becomes too fast it would become a drone; one that is too slow would be perceived as unconnected sounds. [2] When the period of any continuous beat is faster than 8–10 per second or slower than 1 per 1.5–2 seconds, it cannot be perceived as such. [2] "Musical" pulses are generally specified in ...

  8. Orders of magnitude (frequency) - Wikipedia

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    The clock speed of the world's first commercial microprocessor, the Intel 4004 (1971) 10 6: 1 megahertz (MHz) 530 kHz to 1.710 MHz: Electromagnetic – AM radio broadcasts 1 MHz to 8 MHz: Clock speeds of early home/personal computers (mid-1970s to mid-1980s) 10 7: 10 MHz: 13.56 MHz: Electromagnetic – near field communication: 10 8: 100 MHz

  9. Metric modulation - Wikipedia

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    Before the modern concept and notation of metric modulations composers used the terms doppio piu mosso and doppio piu lento for double and half-speed, and later markings such as: (Adagio) = (Allegro) indicating double speed, which would now be marked (=). [13] The phrase l'istesso tempo was used for what may now be notated with metric ...