The Emergence Machine

A Tempo

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Emergence definition

A-tempo is the original tempo, established as a reference point for performers to return to after a section of faster or slower playing, building on the concept of tempo as a rhythmic pattern and the role of the performer in executing it.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “a tempo” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “a tempo”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
a tempo
Origin language
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Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL13L12L11L10L2L1L0A TempoTempoBeatNotationPerformerActorMusicalOriginal… intermediate l…DurationFormInformationLifeActionChangeMatterQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesA TempoL13OriginalL10PerformerL11TempoL12E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Original L10 (requires)
    A direction to performers to return to the original tempo after a section of faster or slower playing.
  • Performer L11 (requires)
    A direction to performers to return to the original tempo after a section of faster or slower playing.
  • Tempo L12 (requires) Music sense
    A-tempo is a tempo marking indicating return to original speed.