English
l'istesso tempo
L'istesso tempo comes from Italian l'istesso tempo ‘the same tempo’.
- Italianc. 1300–presentl'istesso tempo‘the same tempo’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Italianc. 1300–presentl'istesso tempo‘the same tempo’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Italian l'istesso tempo
Today it means
phrase Indicates that the following movement should be played at the same tempo as the last, often employed when switching from simple to compound metres or vice versa, to clarify that the tempo stays the same in reference to the beats felt, not the time signature.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Italian l'istesso tempo / l'istesso tempo