Adagio

slow and stately, 66–76

Adagio lies between 66 and 76 beats per minute; the metronome starts in the middle, and the tempo can be changed there.

What it means

Literally ad agio — at ease. The slow movement of a sonata or symphony often carries this marking.

Photograph a page of sheet music or play the melody — Anotona finds the key, engraves the notes and transposes them into any other. Free.

Every note on this page is computed, not typed in — following the rule that also makes F# major spell its seventh degree E#, not F.