You need to choose a tempo that is slow enough to manage the passagework, yet fast enough for the breath support necessary. Colin Jagger correctly points out that bars 22 and 23 are ‘perhaps the most chromatic
This tempo is moderate, slower than allegro and has a speed of 91 - 104 BPM Moderato This tempo has a moderate speed of 81 - 90 BPM Andante This tempo is the most similar to the resting heart rate and is commonly compared to the pace at which we walk ...
* anacrusis: a note or notes that precede the first full bar; a pickup * andante: at a walking pace; i.e., at a moderate tempo * andantino: slightly faster than andante (but earlier it is sometimes used to mean slightly slower than andante) * a niente: to nothing; an indication to...
allargandobroadening (getting slower, louder)Italian andantinoslightly faster than andanteItalianIn the 18th century, andantino usually meant slightly slower than andante assaivery (allegro assai: very quick)Italian concolwithItalian dolcesweet, softItalian ...
directs the performer of the music passage to take a breath or to make a slight pause. This pause is normally intended to shorten the duration of the preceding note and not the tempo; in this function, it can be thought of like a grace rest. It is usually indicated by a comma-like ...
Octave: Commonly used in scales, it’s the tone which is eight full tones (whole steps) higher than the note on which you began. These two notes have the same name and sound similar, the only difference is that one sounds higher than the other. When you play them both at the same ...
Adagio A slow tempo marking between Largo and Andante Adagissimo An extremely slow tempo marking slower than Largo Affabilita With ease and elegance; in a pleasing and agreeable manner Affabilmente Easily and elegantly; gently, sweetly; pleasingly and agreeably Affannoso With anxious expression Affe...
Allant [Fr.]: Going, stirring, continuing; andante. À la [Fr.]: To the, at the; or in the manner of. Allargando [It.]: Broadening, becoming slower; A piacere [It.]: At the perfomerʹs pleasure. sometimes accompanied with increased volume. A tempo [It.]: Return to original ...
Hampson, before taking the stage for Mahler songs from the Knaben Wunderhorn cycle and Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, praised the RCO musicians on video for a “desire to be true to the master” that is “hugely more evident than in other places,” referring to composer as “one of their...
andante –at a walking pace; i.e., at a moderate tempo, just this side of slow andantino –slightly faster than andante (but earlier it sometimes used to mean slightly slower than andante) animato –animated, lively antiphon –a liturgical or other composition consisting of choral response...