Sentence examples similar to startling tempo from inspiring English sources

Like all great music, these works unfold through a sequence of events – modulations from one key to another, startling juxtapositions and changes of tempo, meter and mood as the composer develops and varies his thematic material.

It is often supposed that his sense of movement was slower than that of his most admired predecessor, Beethoven, but Brahms was always able to vary the pace of his musical thought in a startling manner, often tightening and speeding it without a change of tempo.

Despite its moderato tempo marking, the cool, stern first movement has restless energy and startling shifts of harmony, conveyed with articulate grace in this splendid performance.

"Up tempo.

"They were going: 'Tempo!

Barça quickened the tempo.

"Tempo is number one.

The tempo is breathless.

One worries about tempo.

The tempo picked up.

The key is tempo.