l'istesso tempo
Indicates that the following movement should be played at the same tempo as the last,…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.
Meaning
1 sensesIndicates 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.
Origin
From Italian l'istesso tempo (“the same tempo”).From Italian l'istesso tempo (“the same tempo”).
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