Tempo is an English word with synonyms like pacing or pace. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Tempo in a sentence
Related words
Tempo meaning
- A frequency or rate.
- A move which is part of one's own plan or strategy and forces, e.g. by means of a check or attacking a piece, the opponent to make a move which is not bad but of no use (the player gains a tempo, the opponent loses a tempo), or equivalently a player achieves the same result in fewer moves by one approach rather than another.
- The timing advantage of being on lead, thus being first to initiate a strategy to develop tricks for one's side.
Using Tempo
- The main meaning on this page is: A frequency or rate. | A move which is part of one's own plan or strategy and forces, e.g. by means of a check or attacking a piece, the opponent to make a move which is not bad but of no use (the player gains a tempo, the opponent loses a tempo), or equivalently a player achieves the same result in fewer moves by one approach rather than another. | The timing advantage of being on lead, thus being first to initiate a strategy to develop tricks for one's side.
- Useful related words include: pacing, musical time, pace, rate.
- In the example corpus, tempo often appears in combinations such as: the tempo, tempo of, tempo and.
Context around Tempo
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 10 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tempo
- In this selection, "tempo" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 31.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, same, different, ska, markings, indicator and indications stand out and add context to how "tempo" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include pitch and tempo of a and a different tempo and i. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tempo" sits close to words such as dell, disciplines and friendships, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tempo
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They generally designate a gradual change in tempo; for immediate tempo shifts, composers normally just provide the designation for the new tempo. (22 words)
Delay pedals with a tap tempo feature are a cut above the pack because they allow you to instantly match your delay time to any tempo. (26 words)
Tempo markings as movement names and compositions with a tempo indicator name Often, composers (or music publishers ) name movements of compositions after their tempo (or mood) marking. (27 words)
Most of these pieces are in one binary-form movement only, with two parts that are in the same tempo and use the same thematic material, though occasionally there will be changes in tempo within the sections. (37 words)
There are many theories as to why Jamaican musicians slowed the ska tempo to create rocksteady; one is that the singer Hopeton Lewis was unable to sing his hit song "Take It Easy" at a ska tempo. (37 words)
Randel, D., ed., The New Harvard Dictionary of Music, Harvard University Press, 1986, Tempo Before the metronome, it was difficult to specify the tempo of a composition; attempts were made using pendulums or the human pulse. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Pitch and tempo The pitch and tempo of a track are normally linked together: spin a disc 5% faster and both pitch and tempo will be 5% higher.
Tempo markings as movement names and compositions with a tempo indicator name Often, composers (or music publishers ) name movements of compositions after their tempo (or mood) marking.
Tempo markings in other languages seeAlso Although Italian has been the prevalent language for tempo markings throughout most of classical music history, many composers have written tempo indications in their own language.
They generally designate a gradual change in tempo; for immediate tempo shifts, composers normally just provide the designation for the new tempo.
To remove the tempo from GarageBand, first click on the Tempo Display at the top-center of GarageBand in between the Key Signature, Time Signature, and Beats Position display.
Delay pedals with a tap tempo feature are a cut above the pack because they allow you to instantly match your delay time to any tempo.
For example, a tempo of 60 beats per minute signifies one beat per second, while a tempo of 120 beats per minute is twice as rapid, signifying one beat every 0.5 seconds.
History Beatmatching was invented by Francis Grasso in the late 1960s and early 1970s. citation Initially he was counting the tempo with a metronome and looking for records with the same tempo.
Measuring tempo Electronic metronome, Wittner model A piece of music's tempo is typically written at the start of the score, and in modern Western music is usually indicated in beats per minute (bpm).
Most DJ mixers now include a beat-counter which analyzes the tempo of an incoming sound source and displays its tempo in beats per minute (BPM), which may assist with beatmatching analog sound sources.
Most of these pieces are in one binary-form movement only, with two parts that are in the same tempo and use the same thematic material, though occasionally there will be changes in tempo within the sections.
Randel, D., ed., The New Harvard Dictionary of Music, Harvard University Press, 1986, Tempo Before the metronome, it was difficult to specify the tempo of a composition; attempts were made using pendulums or the human pulse.
Tempo The tempo race is similar to the point-a-lap race except that points are awarded two deep for each lap (two points for the first rider, one point for the second).
That and turntables with pitch control enabled him to mix tracks with different tempo by changing the pitch of the cued (redirected to headphones) track to match its tempo with the track being played by ear.
There are many theories as to why Jamaican musicians slowed the ska tempo to create rocksteady; one is that the singer Hopeton Lewis was unable to sing his hit song "Take It Easy" at a ska tempo.
Though usually known for playing a fairly slow, sludgy tempo, " After Forever " is a very up-tempo song with a much faster pace than other songs in their catalogue.
When speeding up or slowing down a record on a turntable, the pitch and tempo of a track are linked: spinning a disc 10% faster makes both pitch and tempo 10% higher.
Actually, Noah gave me some music to listen to before they shot it (by another artist), and it was at a different tempo and I started making music to that.
After choosing album art for the new song, Itoka throws users into a block-based composing interface, where they can edit aspects such as the song’s tempo, bass and chords.
Alake said: “The Tinubu administration should continue to take the credit for sustaining the tempo of enlightened discourse and unfettered exercise of the freedom of the Press.
Common combinations with tempo
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the tempo 70×
- tempo of 28×
- tempo and 25×
- tempo for 9×
- and tempo 8×
- in tempo 8×
- tempo in 8×
- tempo to 7×
- high tempo 6×
- their tempo 5×