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"Andante assai" can mean either slower or faster than "Andante" - but since we don't have a precise definition for the tempo of "Andante" anyway, you just have to make up your own mind, or blindly follow whatever MM mark that an editor added to the score.
- What does Presto assai mean?
- What does allegro vivace assai mean?
- What BPM is Allegro assai?
- How do you describe Andante as a tempo?
What does Presto assai mean?
lent to "fast enough ", and that "allegro assai" really means. "very fast", it has been assumed that the last word had been. spoken on the matter. It may be, however, that Tovey was not.
What does allegro vivace assai mean?
allegro--a fast tempo, faster than andante but not as fast as presto, ranging from about 154 to 182 quarter notes a minute.... vivace--a direction to perform in a brisk, lively manner.... assai--"much," or "very." A word used in musical directions such as allegro assai, "very fast." (
What BPM is Allegro assai?
The tempo ranges overlap a lot: Adagio: 31-95 bpm, Andante: 46-87 bpm, Allegretto: 64- 133 bpm, Allegro: 69-164 bpm, Allegro assai/molto: 130- 300 bpm, and Presto: 272-287 bpm.
How do you describe Andante as a tempo?
Andante is a musical tempo marking meaning moderately slow. ... But contemporary German musicians define Andante as anything from 'very slow' to 'fairly mobile'. Haydn and Mozart clearly saw Andante as signifying something not just faster than Adagio – the classic slow movement marking – but lighter in character.
