Tempo.
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The tempo marking, usually located near the top of the music composition, determines how many beats pre minute the pace of the song should be played at. You should use a metronome to determine this.
getting faster
Accelerando
Andante is a term that refers to a tempo.
Andante is a term that refers to a tempo.
Tempo.
Andante
Tempo rubato (literally 'robbed time').
Rubato is a musical term that refers to tempo fluctuations, where the performer may speed up or slow down the tempo at their discretion for expressive purposes.
Yes, the word tempo refers to the speed at which a musical piece is played.
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The acronym OPTEMPO is a military term (operations tempo). The common musical term is "up-tempo" (faster tempo, as in jazz).
The Italian term for gradual increase in tempo is "accelerando."
Yes. Key refers to the music scale or chords that are dominant in the music, while tempo refers to the speed of the piece.
The musical term that means to slow tempo is ritardando. If you'd like to slow the tempo very quickly you'd call it a molto ritardando.