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a tempo

In music, a direction to return to the original tempo. It is often found after accelerando or ritardando.



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Before playing the first note, they should agree on a tempo for the first read-through; this should not necessarily be a performance tempo, but neither should it be so slow that the musical essence and overall rhythm is obscured.
A tempo run is a 20- to 30-minute "comfortably hard" run.
We played a tempo that's not ours and as a consequence, we didn't play well.
 
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