A tempo - Musical Definition
A tempo - Resume normal speed.
This marking is used after a change of tempo, often a rallentando or a ritenuto, to indicate that a performer should return to the main tempo.
For example, if a piece begins allegro, but then there is a passage instructing the performers to rallentando, the marking a tempo tells the players that they should return to playing allegro.
Sheet Music examples where the term 'A tempo' is used:
Chopin
Nocturne Opus 9. No.2
Chopin
Waltz no.10 in B minor op.69 no.2
Beethoven
Fur Elise
Chopin
Etude in A minor Op.25 No.11 Winter...
Debussy
Arabesque No.1
Chopin
Nocturne Op.55 No.1
Monti
Czardasz
Chopin
Etude No.8 in E Op.10 No.3 (Tristes...
Chopin
Nocturne op.72 no.1
Trad.
Cotton-Eyed Joe
Grieg
Morning from Peer Gynt (Morning Moo...
Dvorak
Rusalkas Song to the Moon
Delibes
Flower Duet from Lakme
Chopin
Fantaisie Impromptu Op.66 in C-shar...
Mozart
Minuet
Elgar
Salut d'amour
Caldara
Sebben Crudele
Quilter
A Last Year's Rose Op.14 No.3
Brahms
Waltz
Pergolesi
Se tu m'ami, se sospiri (If tho...
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