tempo di valse

Italian composer

Definition

In waltz time; triple metre with a characteristic one-beat feel per bar.

Interpretive Guidance

Tchaikovsky's waltzes flow with a single broad pulse per measure rather than three separate beats. Allow the first beat to carry the phrase forward while beats two and three remain light.

Context

Scope Used by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Language Italian

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