Comodo
Played at a comfortable, unhurried pace, without strain
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Comodo means "convenient, at ease"; as a tempo mark it asks for a pace that is not forced, one that leaves room to breathe. Tempo comodo is not a fixed BPM but a speed at which players and listeners can both move naturally.
It appears in teaching scores and popular pieces, and in the Andante comodo of Mahler's Ninth Symphony. The opposite of comodo is not slow but tight: at the same beat, loose shoulders and clear phrasing feel comodo, while rushed delivery does not. It is close to andante but stresses effortlessness; do not confuse it with the marking a tempo, which returns to the first speed.
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- 术语的释义与用法，参 The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians（Oxford Music Online）相关条目；本文为原创表述
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