Tempo vs. Allegretto

Difference Between Tempo and Allegretto

Temponoun

A frequency or rate.

10 calls per hour isn't a bad start, but we'll need to up the tempo if we want to reach our target of selling insurance policies.

Allegrettoadverb

(music) To be played rather fast and lively.

Temponoun

(chess) A move which is part of one's own plan or strategy and forces, e.g. by means of a check or attacking a piece, the opponent to make a move which is not bad but of no use for him (the player gains a tempo, the opponent loses a tempo), or equivalently a player achieves the same result in fewer moves by one approach rather than another.

Allegrettonoun

(music) A movement in this time.

Temponoun

(bridge) The timing advantage of being on lead, thus being first to initiate a strategy to develop tricks for one's side.

Allegrettonoun

a quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro

Temponoun

The timing of a particular event – earlier or later than in an alternative situation (as in chess example)

Allegrettoadjective

(of tempo) faster than allegro

Temponoun

(music) The number of beats per minute in a piece of music; also, an indicative term denoting approximate rate of speed in written music (examples: allegro, andante)

Allegrettoadverb

in a moderately quick tempo;

play this more allegretto

Temponoun

(cycling) The steady pace set by the frontmost riders.

Temponoun

A small truck or cargo van with three or four wheels, commonly used for commercial transport and deliveries (particularly in Asian and African countries): a genericized trademark, originally associated with the manufacturer Vidal & Sohn Tempo-Werke GmbH.

Temponoun

(American football) A rapid rate of play by the offense resulting from reducing the amount of time which elapses after one play ends and the next starts.