The good news is, it's also very commonplace to use a numerical indicator of tempo, described in bpm (beats per minute). It's also exceptionally common for both to be used side-by-side ...

Writing the term for the tempo and the BPM gives the musician reading the music a very clear idea of how it should be played. The image above shows the BPM (in this case 90 BPM) as well as the ...

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