Allegro

fast and bright, 120–168

Allegro lies between 120 and 168 beats per minute; the metronome starts in the middle, and the tempo can be changed there.

What it means

In Italian allegro means cheerful first and fast second. An allegro that is merely fast is not one.

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.