"relative speed of a piece of music," 1724, from Italian tempo, literally "time" (plural tempi), from Latin tempus "time, season, portion of time" (see temporal). Extended (non-musical) senses by 1898.
例文
1. Both teams played with a lot of quality,pace and tempo .
両チームともレベルが高く、リズムもスピードも速い。
2.Elgar supplied his works with precise indications of tempo .
エルガは自分の作品に正確なリズムマークをつけた。/
3.In a new recording,the Boston Philharmonic tried the original tempo .