Editing Tempo (section)

====Approximately from the slowest to the fastest====
* ''Larghissimo'' – extremely slow, slowest type of tempo (24&nbsp;bpm and under)
* ''Adagissimo'' and ''[[Grave (tempo)|Grave]]'' – very slow and solemn (24–40&nbsp;bpm)
* ''Largo'' – slow and broad (40–66&nbsp;bpm)
* ''Larghetto'' – rather slow and broad (44–66&nbsp;bpm)
* ''Adagio'' – slow with great expression<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pgQ6AAAAIAAJ|title=Elson's Pocket Music Dictionary: The Important Terms Used in Music with Pronunciation and Concise Definition, Together with the Elements of Notation and a Biographical List of Over Five Hundred Noted Names in Music|last=Elson|first=Louis Charles|date=1909|publisher=Oliver Ditson|language=en}}</ref> (44–66&nbsp;bpm)
* ''Adagietto'' – slower than ''andante'' or slightly faster than ''adagio'' (46–80&nbsp;bpm)
* ''Lento'' – slow (52–108&nbsp;bpm)
* ''Andante'' – at a walking pace, moderately slow (56–108&nbsp;bpm)
* ''Andantino'' – slightly faster than ''andante'', but slower than ''moderato'' (80–108&nbsp;bpm) (although, in some cases, it can be taken to mean slightly slower than ''andante'') 
* ''Marcia moderato'' – moderately, in the manner of a march<!-- <ref>{{cite journal|publisher=[[American Symphony Orchestra League]]|title= |volume=18–19|journal=Journal of the Conductors' Guild|year=1998|location=Vienna, Virginia|page=27|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zGcIAQAAMAAJ&q=Marcia |issn=0734-1032}}{{title missing|date=February 2024}}</ref> --><ref>{{cite book|author1=William E. Caplin|author1-link=William Caplin|author2=James Hepokoski|author2-link=James Hepokoski|author3=James Webster|author3-link=James Webster (musicologist)|title=Musical Form, Forms & Formenlehre: Three Methodological Reflections|year=2010|publisher=Leuven University Press|isbn=978-905-867-822-5|page=80|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YhAgAJDAK9sC&q=marcia+moderato&pg=PT80}}</ref> (66–80&nbsp;bpm)
* ''Andante moderato'' – between ''andante'' and ''moderato'' (at a moderate walking speed) (80–108&nbsp;bpm)
* ''Moderato'' – at a moderate speed (108–120&nbsp;bpm)
* ''Allegretto'' – by the mid-19th century, moderately fast (112–120&nbsp;bpm); see paragraph above for earlier usage
* ''Allegro moderato'' – close to, but not quite ''allegro'' (116–120&nbsp;bpm)
* ''Allegro'' – fast and bright (120–156&nbsp;bpm)
* ''Molto Allegro '' or ''Allegro vivace'' – at least slightly faster and livelier than allegro, but always at its range (and no faster than vivace) (124–156 bpm)
* ''Vivace'' – lively and fast (156–176&nbsp;bpm)
* ''Vivacissimo and Allegrissimo'' – very fast, lively and bright (172–176&nbsp;bpm)
* ''Presto'' – very fast (168–200&nbsp;bpm)
* ''Prestissimo'' – extremely fast (200&nbsp;bpm and over)

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