Tempo Ordinario

TEMPO ORDINARIO (Ital.), common time, rhythm of four crotchets in a bar. The time-signature is an unbarred semicircle , or in modern form C, in contradistinction to the barred semicircle or ¢, which denotes a diminished value of the notes, i.e. a double rate of movement. [See Breve; Common Time.] In consequence of the notes in tempo ordinario being of full value (absolutely as well as relatively), the term is understood to indicate a moderate degree of speed. It is in...