* A musical tempo marking, sometimes used as a movement name, meaning ' very fast '

Even in pieces that do not require a strictly constant tempo ( such as in the case of rubato ), a metronome " marking " is sometimes given by the composer to give an indication of the general tempo intended, found in the score at the beginning of a piece or movement thereof.

# a live performance is played onto a special piano connected to an electronically operated marking mechanism, and a physical stencil is produced from this live output, either as-is or after some general regularisation of tempo where necessary

A factor that contributes to Messiaen's suspension of the conventional perception of time in his music is the extremely slow tempos he often specifies ( the fifth movement Louange à l ' eternité de Jésus of Quatuor is actually given the tempo marking infiniment lent ); and even in his quick music he often uses repeated phrases and harmonies to make the speed seem static.

* Andantino ( music ), an Italian tempo marking meaning a tempo that is slightly faster than Andante but slower than Moderato

When we rehearsed I could see that the musicians didn't like it at all and in the break the side drum player ( who starts the movement with a solo ) came to me and said " Maestro, my part is marked crotchet equals 94 ", which I thought must be a mistake, since none of the other parts have a tempo marking.

The only way to check was to locate the manuscript and through the courtesy of the Library of Congress in Washington we obtained a copy of the relevant page, which not only clearly showed crotchet equals 94, but a tempo marking of " Allegro scherzando " ( the printed score gives " Allegretto scherzando ").

The tempo speed is decreased by moving the weight to a higher spindle marking or increased by moving it to a lower marking.

A test for even the most accomplished clarinetist, with an extremely slow tempo marking

The second movement in A minor has a tempo marking of Allegretto (" a little lively "), making it slow only in comparison to the other three movements.

The tempo marking Poco Moto is believed to have been on the manuscript that Ludwig Nohl transcribed ( now lost ).

* A capriccio, a tempo marking

The piece is given the tempo marking Molto vivace.

A version in the Spaun family collection has the different tempo marking " Langsam, Sempre legato " ( Slow, Always legato ).

Although because of the very odd tempo marking Maynard Solomon warns against calling it a scherzo, preferring the phrase " march-trio.

The solo violin in this movement has the freedom to be wildly virtuosic, and much of the movement, due to its upbeat tempo ( when played at the metronome marking Shostakovich suggests, as Oistrakh does in his recordings, the movement remains true to its name, jokingly upbeat ) and rhythmic plays, seems to be derived from popular folk or peasant music.

* Adagio, a tempo marking indicating that music is to be played slowly

The quick tempo of the polka is the marking of the popular " schnell-polka " which was another form of polka in quick steps as different from the polka-mazurka and the French polka.

The tempo marking is in Mozart's catalog of his own works, but not in the autograph manuscript.

The tempo marking is Allegretto.

It is a monothematic piece in F minor with a very simple melodic line in each hand under an unusual Quasi allegretto tempo marking, usually ignored in favour of something a bit more frenetic.

The tempo of their arrangement was slowed to allow for the bagpipes, but it was based on Collins ': it began with a bagpipe solo introduction similar to her lone voice, then it was accompanied by the band of bagpipes and horns, whereas in her version she is backed up by a chorus.

* In signal processing, autocorrelation can give information about repeating events like musical beats ( for example, to determine tempo ) or pulsar frequencies, though it cannot tell the position in time of the beat.

Initially he was counting the tempo with a metronome and looking for records with the same tempo.

Limitations with mp3-player DJing equipment has meant that only second generation equipment such as the IDJ2 or the Cortex Dmix-300 have the pitch control that alters tempo and allows for beatmatching on a digital music player.

Some players perform with the sides of one, two, or three fingers, especially for walking basslines and slow tempo ballads, because this is purported to create a stronger and more solid tone.

Popular electronics include: electronic sound modules ; laptop computers used to activate loops, sequences and samples ; metronomes and tempo meters ; recording devices ; and personal sound reinforcement equipment ( e. g., a small PA system to amplify electronic drums and provide a monitor for singing ).

Most karaoke machines have technology that electronically changes the pitch of the music so that amateur singers can choose a key that is appropriate for their vocal range, while maintaining the original tempo of the song.

MIDI carries note event messages that specify notation, pitch and velocity, control signals for parameters such as volume, vibrato, audio panning and cues, and clock signals that set and synchronize tempo between multiple devices.

The game keeps track of the moods of the Nightopians ( harming them will displease them, for example ), and the game features an evolving music engine, allowing tempo, pitch, and melody to alter depending on the state of Nightopians within the level.

Early pop music drew on the sentimental ballad for its form, gained its use of vocal harmonies from gospel and soul music, instrumentation from jazz, country, and rock music, orchestration from classical music, tempo from dance music, backing from electronic music, rhythmic elements from hip-hop music, and has recently appropriated spoken passages from rap.

In 1147 Robert of Gloucester died peacefully, and the next year the Empress Matilda left south-west England for Normandy, both of which contributed to reducing the tempo of the war.

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 ).

Billy decided to go for it and recorded most of the Eliminator album at that tempo.

( A drum track containing no pitched instruments could be moderately resampled for tempo without adverse effects, but a pitched track could not ).

Adobe Audition ( formerly Cool Edit Pro ) seems to solve this by looking for the period closest to a center period that the user specifies, which should be an integer multiple of the tempo, and between 30 Hz and the lowest bass frequency.

Unlike a graph, however, the number of semitones represented by a vertical step from a line to an adjacent space depends on the key, and the exact timing of the beginning of each note is not directly proportional to its horizontal position ; rather, exact timing is encoded by the musical symbol chosen for each note in addition to the tempo.

All of Ella Fitzgerald's scat performances of " How High the Moon ", for instance, use the same tempo, begin with a chorus of a straight reading of the lyric, move to a " specialty chorus " introducing the scat chorus, and then the scat itself.

Another rescore of the theme could be heard, another jazz-style arrangement, somewhat louder than the 1974-75 version ; it was played at a slower tempo for the corporate credits.

Apple has also created another recent extension to the AIFF format in the form of Apple Loops used by GarageBand and Logic Audio, which allows the inclusion of data for pitch and tempo shifting by an application in the more common variety, and MIDI-sequence data and references to GarageBand playback instruments in another variety.

While several compositions on 1964's Beatles for Sale, as well as " I'll Cry Instead " from A Hard Day's Night, had leaned in a country and western direction, McCartney's " I've Just Seen a Face " was almost pure country, taken at such a fast tempo that it might have been bluegrass if not for the absence of banjo and fiddle.

Pryor tried to increase the tempo, moving more, punching more, hitting Arguello with slashing combinations while Arguello stayed true to his strategy, summarized before the fight as " I don't have to hit him many times in each round, but I do have to make sure that every time I hit him it hurts ", waited for counterpunching opportunities and used both his own strength and Pryor's momentum from coming forward to try to make every blow as explosive and painful as possible.