Grave

solemn and very slow, 25–45

Grave lies between 25 and 45 beats per minute; the metronome starts in the middle, and the tempo can be changed there.

What it means

The slowest common marking. Grave describes not only speed but bearing: weighty, serious, unhurried.

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.