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Title: Beats/min vs different tempi
Post by: jan_hjelm on 1997-06-10 04:00 am
Is there any convention as to how many beats per minute Adagio means? Anyone got a table for the different Italian tempi signatures and their equivalence in beats per minute for, say a quarter-note? Maybe something for NW:s Helpfile?

JH
Title: Re: Beats/min vs different tempi
Post by: Andrew on 1997-06-11 04:00 am
I thought there was something somewhere, but I can't find it. Here's a few settings I've used before...

Largo 40-60

Larghetto 60-66

Adagio 66-76

Andante 76-108

Moderato 108-120

Allegro 120-168

Presto 168-208

hope this gets you started...

Regards,

Andrew