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In strict, exact time — maintaining a steady tempo without rubato or flexibility.
Tempo giusto is marked after a passage of free tempo (rubato, ad libitum) to restore strict time. It tells the performer: stop being flexible, return to metronomic precision. Use it when rhythmic precision is essential.
After a rubato passage in a Chopin waltz, tempo giusto restores the strict dance rhythm.
Tempo giusto is one of 228 terms in the Gradus musical dictionary, where every definition is written around how composers actually use the word.
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