![]() ![]() For example, the “agitato” in the Allegro agitato of the last movement of George Gershwin’s piano concerto in F has both a tempo indication (undoubtedly faster than a usual Allegro) and a mood indication (“agitated”). If you need to practice at this tempo for more than nine minutes, simply reload the video, or right-click (control-click on Macs) on the video and select. MetronomeBot is producing the tone at a steady beat for nine minutes in the Youtube video below. ![]() Additional Italian words also indicate tempo and mood. This metronome repeatedly produces a woodblock sound at 120 beats per minute, or 120 BPM. Presto, on the other hand, simply indicates speed. For example, presto and allegro both indicate a speedy execution ( presto being faster), but allegro also connotes joy (from its original meaning in Italian). This blurred the traditional distinction between tempo and mood indicators. Most of these words are Italian, because many of the most important composers of the 17th century were Italian, and this period was when tempo indications were first used extensively and codified.īefore the metronome, words were the only way to describe the tempo of a composition. Yet, after the metronome’s invention, musicians continued to use these words, often additionally indicating the mood of the piece. A bpm of 120 means 120 beats per minute, which corresponds to 2 beats per second. In classical music it is customary to describe the tempo of a piece by one or more words. A bpm of 60 means 60 beats in a minute (1 beat every second). ![]()
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