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tempo

musical concept indicating to the speed of interpretation
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tempo

Summary

tempo is an elements of music[1]. tempo draws 5,775 Wikipedia views per month (elements_of_music category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • tempo's instance of is recorded as elements of music[3].
  • tempo is a type of velocity[4].
  • tempo is a type of pace[5].
  • tempo's Commons category is recorded as Tempo (music)[6].
  • tempo's language of work or name is recorded as Italian[7].
  • tempo's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tempo (music)[8].
  • tempo's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[9].
  • tempo's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • tempo's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11].
  • tempo's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[12].
  • tempo's main Wikidata property is recorded as P1558[13].
  • tempo's main Wikidata property is recorded as P1725[14].
  • tempo's equivalent class is recorded as http://performedmusicontology.org/ontology/Tempo[15].
  • tempo's different from is recorded as Tempo[16].
  • tempo's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as beats per minute[17].

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Definition and Type

tempo's instance of is recorded as elements of music[3]. Recorded subclass of include velocity[4] and pace[5].

Why It Matters

tempo draws 5,775 Wikipedia views per month (elements_of_music category, ranking #1 of 5).[2] tempo has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] tempo is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

composed musical work

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → velocity, pace
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → elements of music
    Main wikidata property → P1558, P1725
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 20791, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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