Moderato vs. Tempo — What's the Difference?

In moderate tempo that is slower than allegretto but faster than andante. Used chiefly as a direction.

In musical terminology, tempo (Italian for "time"; plural tempos, or tempi from the Italian plural) is the speed or pace of a given piece. In classical music, tempo is typically indicated with an instruction at the start of a piece (often using conventional Italian terms) and is usually measured in beats per minute (or bpm).

(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at a moderate tempo.

(Music) The speed at which music is or ought to be played, often indicated on written compositions by a descriptive or metronomic direction to the performer.

(music) A passage having this mark

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

(music) played in this style

A frequency or rate.

(music) (to be) played in this style

(chess) A move which is part of one's own plan or strategy and forces, e.g. by means of a check or attacking a piece, the opponent to make a move which is not bad but of no use for him (the player gains a tempo, the opponent loses a tempo), or equivalently a player achieves the same result in fewer moves by one approach rather than another.

With a moderate degree of quickness; moderately.

(bridge) The timing advantage of being on lead, thus being first to initiate a strategy to develop tricks for one's side.

(of tempo) moderate

The timing of a particular event – earlier or later than in an alternative situation (as in chess example)

(music) The number of beats per minute in a piece of music; also, an indicative term denoting approximate rate of speed in written music (examples: allegro, andante)

(cycling) The steady pace set by the frontmost riders.

A small truck or cargo van with three or four wheels, commonly used for commercial transport and deliveries (particularly in Asian and African countries): a genericized trademark, originally associated with the manufacturer Vidal & Sohn Tempo-Werke GmbH.

(American football) A rapid rate of play by the offense resulting from reducing the amount of time which elapses after one play ends and the next starts.

A temporary carport.

The rate or degree of movement in time.

(music) the speed at which a composition is to be played

The rate of some repeating event