Musical Terms - Tempo

Vivace means

• Slowly

• Lively

• Sadly

Presto means

• Very fast/ quickly

• Very slow

• Fast

Allegro means

• Very fast/ quickly

• Slow

• Fast

Allegretto means

• Fairly slow

• Slow

• Fairly quick

Andante means

• At a running pace

• At a jogging pace

• At a walking pace

Moderato means

• At a moderate speed

• At a quick speed

• At a slow speed

Prestissimo means

• As slow as possible

• Fast

• As fast as possible

Adagio means

• Quickly with great expression

• Slowly with great expression

• Slowly with little expression

Lento means

• Slow

• Fast

• Very fast

Largo means

• Slow/ Broadly

• Fast/ Lightly

• Sudden