What type of music is allegro?

Allegro is Italian for ‘lively’ or ‘cheerful’ and it’s a term used on musical scores to indicate that the piece should be played at a relatively fast pace and in a bright and merry manner. It’s a similar term to vivace, which also means ‘lively’. Allegro is typically marked on a metronome as having between 120-168 BPM. This is slightly faster than allegretto, which itself is a little faster than moderato. Examples of allegro and its meaning in music From the first movement of Mozart’s Sonata in C Major to the fourth movement of Pescetti’s Sonata No 8 in C, there are plenty of examples of classical pieces played with an allegro tempo. Most famous allegro movements Some of classical music's most familiar moments are played at an allegro pace. Beethoven gave the first movement of his mighty Fifth Symphony the tempo marking allegro con brio. Schubert's Ninth, after a slow opening, settles into an cheerful Allegro ma non troppo. An allegro tempo is, so often, the perfect pace and mood for an opening movement. The first movements of many three- or four-movement works will typically be in allegro tempo - and in sonata form.

In music, allegro distinguishes a movement that's meant to be played very quickly. If you're reading sheet music and you see the word allegro, you'll know that particular section or movement should be played in a lively, spirited way. The word means "cheerful or gay" in Italian from the Latin root alacrem, "lively, cheerful, or brisk." Definitions of allegro adverb in a quick and lively tempo “play this section allegro” adjective (of tempo) fast synonyms: noun a brisk and lively tempo see moresee less types: type of: pacing, tempo(music) the speed at which a composition is to be played noun a musical composition or musical passage to be performed quickly in a brisk lively manner see moresee less type of: Pronunciation US /əˈlɛgroʊ/ UK /əˈlɛgrəʊ/