a tempo
Back to normal
A tempo is a musical direction meaning "return to the original speed." It appears after a passage where tempo has been altered—by a ritardando, accelerando, or rubato—signaling performers to resume the pace established at the beginning: The score marked a tempo after the fermata.
From Italian, literally "in time."
- speed upIncrease velocity or rate
- measureUnit of quantity
- slow downReduce pace or speed
- fermataSustained note symbol
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
steady beat · pulse · adagio · rhythm · return · allegro · presto · pause · musical direction · restart · note · andante · moderato · lento · bar · baton · cue · crescendo
- musical notationforte, score, piano, sheet music, notation
- Tempoaccelerando, adagio, allegretto, allegro, andante
- rhythm notationwhole note, half note, quarter note, eighth note, sixteenth note
temporal deviation vs. restoration
a temporubato
Elastic musical timing
ritardando · accelerando · rallentando · accel. · morendo