METRONOME MARKING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does metronome marking mean? 

• METRONOME MARKING (noun)
  The noun METRONOME MARKING has 1 sense:

1. the pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds

  Familiarity information: METRONOME MARKING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• METRONOME MARKING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

beats per minute; bpm; M.M.; metronome marking

Hypernyms ("metronome marking" is a kind of...):

pace; tempo (the rate of some repeating event)

Domain category:

music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)

Holonyms ("metronome marking" is a part of...):

music (musical activity (singing or whistling etc.))