Questions tagged [tempo]
The rate of the beats in a passage of music, sometimes expressed in metronome beats per minute (BPM) and sometimes by the Italian system of names
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Strange Tempo Marking [duplicate]
I was overviewing some classical sheet music and saw this strange tempo marking.
What does "Tempo 10" mean exactly?
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Hairpins in Late Classical and Romantic Music
I have spent a year and a half researching the notational enigma of hairpins in late classical and romantic music, and now I am at a bend in the road.
The esteemed Czerny claims that opening and ...
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How do you change the playback tempo of the score in MuseScore 4?
I'm really struggling to find the way the playback tempo should be changed in MuseScore 4. I tried googling it but still no luck.
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Notating Sheet Music with Strict Tempo for Accompaniment but Rubato for Vocalist
I have some sheet music for vocal + piano accompaniment where I want to notate that the vocalist should feel out the rhythms and phrases and sing expressively while the pianist maintains a steady ...
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What Makes Pieces with similar BPM Sound So Different?
Ok, so I'm very novice as far as music theory is concerned, and I was wondering if someone could explain to me why pieces with lower tempos can sound faster or higher energy.
I need to know why on an ...
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What does the marking "Tempo" mean in the middle of a piece of music?
In Hubert Parry's (1848-1918) choral work "There is an Old Belief", there is a marking in a few places that just reads "Tempo". The first time it happens after a ritard, following ...
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Extracting music features from MIDI, storing them in arrays, making new MIDI file from extracted features, how do I get output as similar to original?
I have extracted notes, chords, rests and time signatures from parsed MIDI file. Storing them and again playing them back, I still cannot get the original speed and mix of sounds. What am I doing ...
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Duration of a MIDI file by parsing it and making a stream of parsed notes and chords do not playback the same length music. What is the problem here?
I parsed a MIDI file in music21 by using converter.parse function in music21.
And for extracting notes and chords with duration, I have used the code as follows:
score = converter.parse('...
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Rubato where there is no indication of rubato
Unless I'm crazy (not impossible, tbh) every performance of Messiaen: Prelude No. 7, Plainte calme that I have heard does not seem to follow the sheet music.
There's a passage where the time signature ...
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Why did Shostakovich use such long note values for such fast notes?
I've loved Shostakovich's 8th quartet for ages but only just now looked at the score. I imagined the second movement would be a sea of black notes given its breakneck pace and was shocked to see that ...
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cut time vs common time [duplicate]
i understand that 2/2 or cut time has 2 beats as opposed to 4/4 or common time, but how does this actually sound different?
if you took a piece and played if it was notated as being 4/4 and then ...
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Confusion about BPM and time signature [duplicate]
First of all, is the beat in BPM based on the quarter note or the fundamental beat of each time signature?
For example, if it's 3/2 time and it's 80 BPM, does the half note go in 80 times in a minute?
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What does MM quarter note mean? [duplicate]
One of the requirements for an audition process I am going through is to play my chromatic scale. The required speed for it says MM quarter note = 100. I can't figure out the speed necessary for it. ...
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Tempo alteration "retard" instead of "ritard"
So, this is a piece I'm working on with a large chorus of youngsters ages 10-12. I've never seen a tempo alteration spelled this way. Is it something distinct from "ritard?" Is it simply ...
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How to synchronize Boss Looper pedal (RC-5) tempo with external drum machine (Korg Volca)?
As a test case, I am trying to synchronize the tempo of the RC-5 Looper pedal to a Korg Volca drum machine. I tried two different ways with a TRS cable:
Korg Volca SYNC out --> RC-5 MIDI in No ...
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How to improve what I am doing, thanks! [closed]
Am I out of tune? A little fast or a little slow? It’s original female song. I need more objective opinions from different people, not from someone know me well.
Thank you!!!
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Tempo for Rezitativ
What is the tempo for Rezitativ?
I found that: Rezitativ by Johann Sebastian Bach is played at 70 Beats Per Minute (Adagio), or 14 Measures/Bars Per Minute. Time Signature 5/4.
After the Presto (...
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On the difference between 4/4 and 4/2 time signatures [duplicate]
I am new to music theory and I was going through this video on YouTube to understand time signatures. The author mentions that the top number indicates number of beats. I understand what this means. ...
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Metronome/tempo markings
What does the following equation mean, as shown in the second to last line? What significance does this have in music? I have also seen this for different values as well.
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Notation question: Adding half a beat to a bar?
I've run into a quirk in a piece I'm writing, something I've never had to deal with—any ideas?:
The piece is in 4/4. One bar has an extra half-beat (with 18 sixteenth notes rather than 16).
4.5/4 = 9/...
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Software to sync with tempo in violin
I am a beginner in violin (about 2 month) and i have trouble with syncing my tempo with metronome.
Beside the fact that thinking about everything makes me lose tempo, I use my phone as metronome and ...
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Gnossiennes and Free Time
I'm looking at Erik Satie's Gnossiennes, specifically Nos. 1-3, but for simplicity let's just consider Gnossienne No. 1.
Most editions (see IMSLP) are engraved without a time signature nor with any ...
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What is "Allegro non molto"?
Some parts of The Four Seasons are marked as having a tempo of "Allegro non molto" (Fast not very?), however, I do not see this tempo as being one of the standard ones. There is normally ...
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Playing 16th Note at High Tempo
In Classical/fingerstyle guitar is playing 16th note at tempo > 100 BPM is normal ? I am I am practising at 60 BPM which i feel is fast, since the gap between each metronome click is very small.
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What is the meaning of this tempo marking?
I came across this in a piece for piano four hands (title and composer are unknown; as pointed out in the comments, it might also be a part of a longer piece). Here's the beginning of the upper part (...
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Metronome Sound
This could be a weird question but I want to clarify something.
When I'm learning rhythms and have a slow tempo my metronome will sound like this:
BPM = 60 (--- represent silence)
click------click-----...
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tempo of fantasia in D-minor from Mozart
Fantasia in D-Minor from Mozart K397 is written in 2/2 (alla breve). The first part of it should be played Andante (let's say 80 half notes in one minute). In reality, it is played much much slower ...
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Time signature and Tempo
When I am jamming along a song, I do get carried away especially after the chorus when strumming is emphasised. I tend to speed up. You see in intro strumming is kinda not so much emphasised, it's ...
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Why is the second movement to Beethoven's 9th notated in fast 3/4, rather than in 3/8?
Looking at the score for Beethoven's 9th symphony, it surprises me how the second movement is written in a breakneck 3/4 at 116 dotted half notes per minute.
Why did Beethoven opt for this 3/4, rather ...
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How do i calculate the duration of a segment of music with a changing tempo?
I'm writing some music software that allows you to dynamically set the tempo. I'm having trouble calculating the duration of a section if the tempo is gradually increasing or decreasing. For example, ...
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How to practise exact timing on the piano?
I have learned a piece (an arrangement I have made myself). When I record it, I notice that the timing is not exact (overall it is exact, I'm recording to a metronome). But when I open the recorded ...
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Do I have to notate "eighth equal quarter" when the time signature changes?
I cannot recall which tempo marking I saw but it is something like "♩=♪" or "♩=♩."on the top of the staff when time signature changes. Does that mean the overall speed doesn't ...
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What's the correct way of referring to movements with multiple tempo indications?
I'm checking out the tracklistings of a Scarlatti box set and seeing some differences between what's on the back covers and what's on the publisher's website. I'm interested to know which punctuations ...
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How do I convert my quarter note tempo into an eighth note tempo?
I made a song with a tempo of Quarter Note = 50, but I want to change the tempo to eighth notes. What would my new tempo be?
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Ritardando in the score [closed]
How do I write Ritardando (rit.) in a score, so that it will also affect the midi playback?
I can write rit. as a text marking, but it won't be heard it in the midi playback.
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How to calculate music sheet symbols duration, in Midi file
I want to make music in computer programming language.
but I don't know how to calculate music sheet symbols duration by attention to tempo and time signature.
I was confused about that because ...
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How would one research standards for English tempo descriptions in BPM ca. 1900?
I am transcribing a songbook of Celtic folk tunes compiled in 1928 and generating MIDI from the transcription so that I can learn them by ear. The book is filled with tempos like:
Flowing and not too ...
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Keeping time on alternate picking in 4/4, 16th notes per measure, but melody grouped in 7s
I'm learning this exercise and I'm astonished at how it is difficult to keep on time.
He's playing 16 16th notes per measure, but the phrasing of the notes is in groups of seven. I sounds weird to me ...
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Tempo marking for double time
I came across a marking in music where it says that the quarter note = half note and then says double time. I don't understand why the notation implies double time. Can someone explain how saying the ...
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Trouble keeping tempo while marching
I am doing marching band for the first time for a small parade in my town. I am having trouble keeping tempo while marching. I stand right behind the percussion and while they are playing cadence I ...
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How to change the MIDI tempo with scheme?
I would like to create a function which would automate some tempo changes in my score (it would be hidden on the score with something like \override Score.MetronomeMark #'transparent = ##t, indeed the ...
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Derive tempo value from the unit pattern length
A guitar instrumental music was played with 4/4 timing and tempo of 86 bpm settings. One pattern consist of 6 notes ( or beats). On audacity, a unit strumming pattern ( = 1 bar) takes roughly 2.78sec....
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Ableton 10 : automate tempo without warping midi clip (like no-warp on audio)
I use ableton live 10 and I like to record things without metronome, then automate the master tempo accordingly.
This works really good with audio tracks (eg. a guitar or vocals) provided I de-...
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Getting Chopin Ballade No. 1 up to tempo+keeping hands together [closed]
I am trying to learn Ballade No. 1 op. 23 by Chopin(2 as well, but that's not important to this) I have been playing for about 7 years, and I have been without a teacher for several years. My biggest ...
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Dotted Quarter to Quarter
A piece I'm reading in 3/4 has a BPM of 130 dotted quarters per minute. How would i do a conversion of dotted quarter BPM to quarter? I have no clue on how to convert different note length tempos to ...
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Is this 3/4 at 270 BPM or 6/8 at 90 BPM? [closed]
So im composing a song called "Consonant Dissonance II" (You can listen to the first one), and I hear it as 270 BPM 3/4 but I dont know if it is correct to notate it as that. (Sorry if the ...
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I'm a singer struggling with tempo and time
I'm a singer with a decent voice and technique, I also used to play the violin so I can read classical sheet music and sight-read pretty well. However, I've always struggled with counting.
I have no ...
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Does tempo affect use of non-harmony notes?
Writing a four part piece for strings at a very slow tempo (55 bpm). On paper, it seems as though the non-chord notes I have selected should work, but I am finding some of them jarring. I am unsure if ...
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What BPM should I aim for while learning all the minor scales?
I'm learning to play the minor versions of each scale. What BPM should I aim for, before I move onto the next scale?
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What is the meaning of "M. M." in this tempo mark?
The music is Shostakovich's 7th symphony, the orchestral score; sadly not publicly available as it's under copyright but there are a few versions floating about online. At rehearsal mark 141 the tempo ...
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