Tempo
Songs
Listening Examples
FAST
- Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals – Fossils
- Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals – Wild Asses
- Verdi: String Quartet In E Minor – 3. Prestissimo
- Aram Khachaturian: Sabre Dance
- Copland: Rodeo: IV. Hoe-Down
- Chopin: Etude Op 10 No 5
- Khachaturian: Gayaneh – Sabre Dance
- Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971 – 3. Allegro Vivace
- Rimsy-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Sultan: “Flight of the Bumble Bee”
- YouTube video: Fast, Frenetic Chase Music
- YouTube video: Cheetah running at full speed
SLOW
- Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals – Tortoises
- Mahler: Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor : IV Adagietto
- Shostakovich: String Quartet No.8 in C Minor, Op.110 – 5. Largo
- Satie: Gymnopédie No. 1
- Bach: Air on a G String
- Barber: Adagio for Strings
- Albinoni: Adagio in G Minor
- Mendelssohn: Symphony #2 Op. 52, Lobgesang – Adagio Religioso
- YouTube video: Biggest Tortoise in the World
See also