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Tempo

The rate or degree of movement in time.

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Accelerando 76% connected

Gradually accelerating the movement.

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Allegretto 76% connected

Quicker than andante, but not so quick as allegro.

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Allegro 76% connected

Brisk, lively.

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Andante 76% connected

Moving moderately slow, but distinct and flowing; quicker than larghetto, and slower than allegretto.

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Rubato 76% connected

Robbed; borrowed.

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Rate 76% connected

To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently.

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Pace 74% connected

A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.

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Pace 74% connected

A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.

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Pace 92% connected

A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.

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Pacing 92% connected

of Pace

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