Definition of Tempo

the rate or speed of music or some other activity

Examples of Tempo in a sentence

Speeding up the tempo, the street musician attracted patients by playing his song faster and faster.  🔊

Keeping tempo with the drummer, the singer made sure not to sing too slowly or too fast.  🔊

The runner began to pick up tempo as he neared the halfway mark of the race.  🔊

Each basketball game seemed to have a different tempo with the final be more upbeat than the previous.  🔊

The quartet couldn’t find an upbeat song to sing at the talent show and ended up going with a slow ballad.  🔊

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