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l'istesso tempo

[lee-stes-oh tem-poh; Italian lee-stes-saw tem-paw]
adverb
  1. (of a musical passage or section following a change in time signature) at the same tempo as before.

Origin of l'istesso tempo

From Italian

istesso tempo, l'

[li-stes-oh tem-poh; Italian lee-stes-saw tem-paw]
noun Music.
  1. l'istesso tempo.
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