Tempo
Musical tempo markings, Wikipedia:
- Larghissimo – very, very slow (24 bpm and under)
- Adagissimo – very slowly
- Grave – very slow (25–45 bpm)
- Largo – broadly (40–60 bpm)
- Lento – slowly (45–60 bpm)
- Larghetto – rather broadly (60–66 bpm)
- Adagio – slowly with great expression[8] (66–76 bpm)
- Adagietto – slower than andante (72–76 bpm) or slightly faster than adagio (70–80 bpm)
- Andante – at a walking pace (76–108 bpm)
- Andantino – slightly faster than andante (although, in some cases, it can be taken to mean slightly slower than andante) (80–108 bpm)
- Marcia moderato – moderately, in the manner of a march[9][10] (83–85 bpm)
- Andante moderato – between andante and moderato (thus the name) (92–112 bpm)
- Moderato – at a moderate speed (108–120 bpm)
- Allegretto – by the mid 19th century, moderately fast (112–120 bpm); see paragraph above for earlier usage
- Allegro moderato – close to, but not quite allegro (116–120 bpm)
- Allegro – fast, quickly, and bright (120–156 bpm) (molto allegro is slightly faster than allegro, but always in its range)
- Vivace – lively and fast (156–176 bpm)
- Vivacissimo – very fast and lively (172–176 bpm)
- Allegrissimo or Allegro vivace – very fast (172–176 bpm)
- Presto – very, very fast (168–200 bpm)
- Prestissimo – even faster than presto (200 bpm and over)