Os tempos da música

ome of the more common Italian tempo indicators, from slowest to fastest, are:

Grave – slow and solemn (20–40 BPM)

Lento – slowly (40–45 BPM)

Largo – broadly (45–50 BPM)

Adagio – slow and stately (literally, “at ease”) (55–65 BPM)

Adagietto – rather slow (65–69 BPM)

Andante – at a walking pace (73–77 BPM)

Moderato – moderately (86–97 BPM)

Allegretto – moderately fast (98–109 BPM)

Allegro – fast, quickly and bright (109–132 BPM)

Vivace – lively and fast (132–140 BPM)

Presto – extremely fast (168–177 BPM)

Prestissimo – even faster than Presto (178 BPM and over)