Quickly play how to live

A slow and mournful or lively and energetic performance of a song or sketch seriously affects the perception of the musical work. What turns an artist's performance into a cheerful march or an airy measured waltz is called a pace. What determines so different style of performance?

The pace in practice

By definition, the tempo is the speed at which the notes are played on the instrument. It depends on the frequency of the sequence of playing sounds. The faster the counting units are replaced, the more lively becomes the execution. About what should be the pace, the musician learns from the inscriptions, which are placed above the musical camp. They are understandable to the experienced performer and hardly noticeable for the beginner. These terms are "adagio" (slowly), "moderato" (restrained), "presto" (fast), "allegro" (fun), "prestissimo" (fast-fast), etc.

Life in the rhythm of a waltz or endless haste

In order to consider the concept from a practical point of view, it is best to use the metronome. It is an instrument that rhythmically beats off uniform blows in a certain period of time. If you use a metronome to recognize the tempo, the instrument will give an "adagio" an even rhythm with a frequency of 40-48 beats per minute, for "moderato" it will change to 80-96, with "presto" will increase to 184-200, with "allegro "Will accelerate to 120-144, with fast-fast," prestessimo ", will accelerate to 192-208.

Each work of style and content often requires a special speed, so the feeling of the desired frequency of blows appears in the artist with experience. An example is the classical waltz by G. Fortea. Above the score of dance music can be seen the inscription "moderato", it requires the musician to restrain, unhurried performance of the work.

In the treasury of the traditional genre there are dance opuses at a cheerful speed "allegro" and even "presto", but this is rather an exception to the rules than the usual practice. Agree, it would be difficult to perceive a lullaby at a pace fast-paced or almost immovable improvisation on solo guitar for a while.

At high speed

A fast pace in music is typical for energetic musical genres, whose fans are usually constantly hurrying somewhere young. These are techno-styles with indicators exceeding 120 beats per minute. In fact, during one work the speed of performance of notes can vary. As a rule, at first a slow tempo is established, which grows to the middle, accelerates rapidly, quickly, and by the end again subsides.