Listening Challenge: What Tempo Is It?

Here’s a list of 12 pieces of music by different composers from different eras. Your task is to download or listen to the music and work out what the tempo of each piece might be. As before, all audio examples are in the companion course at: courses.schoolofcomposition.com

Choose the tempos from the 6 common terms we learned in this lesson:

Largo, Adagio, Andante, Moderato, Allegro and Vivace .

1. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 1, 3rd mov.
2. Vivaldi: Op. 3 no. 5, RV519: 2nd mov.
3. Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano no. 5, ‘Spring’
4. Albinoni: Concerto a Cinque no. 11 Op. 10
5. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 2, Op. 18, 1st mov.
6. Corelli: Concerto Grosso no. 3, Op. 6, 4th mov.
7. Paganini: Caprice no. 10, Op. 1
8. Mozart: Sonata for Piano, K. 545 2nd mov.
9. Bizet: Symphony no. 1, 2nd mov.
10. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto BWV 1046, 2nd mov.