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Tempo
musical concept indicating to the speed of interpretation / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Beats per minute" redirects here. For the rate of heart beats, see Heart rate.
Tempo (Italian for 'time, movement') is the speed of a song or piece of music. It is measured in beats per minute, or BPM. For example, if a song has 4 beats per bar at 100 BPM, there will be 25 bars per minute.
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