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MusicTempo

is an option for MusicScore that specifies the tempo used for playback.

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MusicTempo

MusicTempo

is an option for MusicScore that specifies the tempo used for playback.

Details

  • Option to specify tempo in beats per minute for scores, voices and measures.
  • The values for the MusicTempo option are expressed in beats per minute.
  • For example, a quarter note at a tempo to 120 beats per minute will be 0.5 seconds long.

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Basic Examples  (2)

By default, the tempo is 120 beats per minute:

Wolfram Language code: MusicScore[{MusicNote["G", 1 / 4], MusicNote["C5", 1 / 2] , MusicNote["E", 1 / 4]}]

Play a score at 300 beats per minute:

Wolfram Language code: MusicScore[{MusicNote["G", 1 / 4], MusicNote["C5", 1 / 2] , MusicNote["E", 1 / 4]}, MusicTempo -> 300]

Scope  (2)

The only difference between two scores at different tempos is the tempo itself:

Wolfram Language code: s1 = MusicScore[{MusicNote["G", 1 / 4], MusicNote["C5", 1 / 2] , MusicNote["E", 1 / 4]}, MusicTempo -> 300]
Wolfram Language code: s2 = MusicScore[{MusicNote["G", 1 / 4], MusicNote["C5", 1 / 2] , MusicNote["E", 1 / 4]}, MusicTempo -> 40]

All of the durations in the two scores are exactly the same:

Wolfram Language code: Cases[s1, _MusicDuration, Infinity] === Cases[s2, _MusicDuration, Infinity]

Retrieve the tempo from a music object:

Wolfram Language code: MusicScore[{MusicNote["G", 1 / 4], MusicNote["C5", 1 / 2] , MusicNote["E", 1 / 4]}]
Wolfram Language code: %["MusicTempo"]
Wolfram Research (2026), MusicTempo, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MusicTempo.html.

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Wolfram Research (2026), MusicTempo, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MusicTempo.html.

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Wolfram Language. 2026. "MusicTempo." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MusicTempo.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2026). MusicTempo. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MusicTempo.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_musictempo, author="Wolfram Research", title="{MusicTempo}", year="2026", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MusicTempo.html}", note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2026_musictempo, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={MusicTempo}, year={2026}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MusicTempo.html}, note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}