Tempo is the rate of speed of the musical piece or the timing of music.
It's often indicated on written compositions by a descriptive or metronomic direction to the performer:
Prestissimo: 200 - 208 beats per minute
Presto: 168 - 200 beats per minute
Allegro: 120 - 168 beats per minute
Moderato: 108 - 120 beats per minute
Andante: 76 - 108 beats per minute
Adagio: 66 - 76 beats per minute
Larghetto: 60 - 66 beats per minute
Largo: the slowest tempo, 40 - 60 beats per minute
Tempo is the fastest or the slowest you go if your performing play at a steady pace
Otherwise if you Rush you will make mistakes then stop preforming because you get embarrassed
The proper musical term for increasing the tempo is "accelerando."
"Largo" is a slow, plodding, heavy tempo - like the marching of elephants.
The Italian musical term for a cheerful or fast tempo is "Allegro."
Ritardando is a musical term meaning to gradually slow down in tempo.
The correct musical term for decreasing the tempo in a piece of music is "ritardando."
The musical term for speeding up the tempo of a piece of music is "accelerando."
A musical term marking a small decrease in tempo for dramatic effect.
The musical term that means to slow tempo is ritardando. If you'd like to slow the tempo very quickly you'd call it a molto ritardando.
The acronym OPTEMPO is a military term (operations tempo). The common musical term is "up-tempo" (faster tempo, as in jazz).
The Italian musical term morendo indicates a decrease in volume or tempo, but often affects both; to make the sound slowly die away.
Accelerando
The correct musical term for decreasing the tempo is ritardando.I got this exact question on my music appreciation class and got it correct.