Common Tempo Markings & BPM
Prestissimo — extremely fast (more than 200bpm)
Presto — very fast (168–200 bpm)
Vivace — lively and fast (≈140 bpm)
Allegro — fast and bright or "march tempo" (120–168 bpm)
Allegro moderato — moderately quick (112–124 bpm)
Moderato — moderately (108–120 bpm)
Andante — at a walking pace (76–108 bpm)
Adagietto — rather slow (70–80 bpm)
Adagio — slow and stately (literally, "at ease") (66–76 bpm)
Larghetto — rather broadly (60–66 bpm)
Lento — very slow (40–60 bpm)
Largo — very slow (40–60 bpm), like lento
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