tempi

The tempi were all too fast, so that one could scarcely distinguish the three notes one from the other.

Unfortunately, at the express desire of the Prince, almost all the tempi were taken too quick, and thereby much spoiled.

Up in the top story hurrying drips beat, like metronomes, all the tempi, from a ponderous adagio to a racing prestissimo.

It instantly recalls the Tempi Madonna of Raphael, both in the pose of the figure and in the genuineness of feeling exhibited.

Moreover, when it happened that Beethoven metronomed the same work twice over, he marked the tempi differently each time.