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l'istesso tempo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
l'istes-so tem-po
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Indicates that the following movement should be played at the same tempo as the last, often employed when switching from simple to compound metres or vice versa, to clarify that the tempo stays the same in reference to the beats felt, not the time signature.

Etymology

From Italian l'istesso tempo (“the same tempo”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does l'istesso tempo mean?
Indicates that the following movement should be played at the same tempo as the last, often employed when switching from simple to compound metres or vice versa, to clarify that the tempo stays the same in reference to the beats felt, not the time signature.
Where does l'istesso tempo come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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