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l'istesso tempo

l'istesso tempo phrase: indicates that the following movement should be played at the same tempo as the last, often employed when switching from simple to compound metres or vice versa, to clarify that the tempo stays the same in reference to the beats felt, not the time signature.

Phrase

l'istesso tempo

  1. Indicates that the following movement should be played at the same tempo as the last, often employed when switching from simple to compound metres or vice versa, to clarify that the tempo stays the same in reference to the beats felt, not the time signature.

Origin of l'istesso tempo

From Italian l'istesso tempo (“the same tempo”).

Questions about l'istesso tempo

What does l'istesso tempo mean?
L'istesso tempo means indicates that the following movement should be played at the same tempo as the last, often employed when switching from simple to compound metres or vice versa, to clarify that the tempo stays the same in reference to the beats felt, not the time signature.
What part of speech is l'istesso tempo?
L'istesso tempo is a phrase.

Words near l'istesso tempo in the dictionary

  1. L'Estaque
  2. l'havdl
  3. L'Heureux
  4. L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
  5. L'Hôpital's Rule
  6. l'istesso tempo
  7. L'Orignal
  8. L'pool
  9. l's
  10. L's in the chat
  11. L'viv

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