up tempo Afro-Cuban musical style that evolved in the 1940s and 50s
Mambo
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Afro
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a rhythmic style combining adaptations of sacred Batá drum rhythms popularized in Cuba in the 1940s, and often used to interp…
Tempo giusto
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Italian
the speed the style demands, strict tempo
Tempo I
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the first tempo, as the original tempo
Tempo primo
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the first tempo, as the original tempo
Tempo rubato
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the freedom to make small changes in tempo during the progress of the piece to enhance its musical effect, irregular tempo
Yambú
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one of the three most popular forms of Cuban rumba, a slow to medium tempo duple meter style
Metric modulation
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the method of changing tempos precisely by making some note value in the first tempo equal to a different note value in the s…
A tempo
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Italian
the original speed; a direction to return to the original speed after a deliberate change of tempo