Giusto
Back to the "right, proper" tempo or character
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Giusto ("right, proper") appears most often in tempo giusto: return to the tempo proper to this music — not a fixed BPM, but the speed that fits the dance character, phrasing and harmonic rhythm.
It differs from a tempo: a tempo returns to the speed just before, tempo giusto returns to the speed the piece itself demands. The usual mistake is to read giusto as a number — it asks for judgement; two players can give different BPMs for the same tempo giusto.
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Sources
- tempo giusto 的含义与用法，参 The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "Tempo and tempo marks"；本文为原创表述
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