tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18734173.post6469713083524531646..comments2024-03-23T14:36:56.227-04:00Comments on The Collaborative Piano Blog: Tempos or Tempi?Chris Foleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05248396106719265480noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18734173.post-67619572683027363062021-01-03T12:15:10.793-05:002021-01-03T12:15:10.793-05:00Very good point, convinced me!Very good point, convinced me!Ed Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14960212542543075737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18734173.post-49810433599238583952021-01-03T12:13:55.410-05:002021-01-03T12:13:55.410-05:00Good point with crescendi etc., much less common (...Good point with crescendi etc., much less common (UK). Good to be consistent.Ed Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14960212542543075737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18734173.post-13809737962076145342020-07-25T13:41:28.343-04:002020-07-25T13:41:28.343-04:00I said tempi in graduate school, and now I say tem...I said tempi in graduate school, and now I say tempos and tempi to my students.Tracy Loftsgaardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09034394487239990191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18734173.post-2286994779804361522017-01-29T13:31:48.646-05:002017-01-29T13:31:48.646-05:00As someone who writes about music on an almost dai...As someone who writes about music on an almost daily basis (e.g. http://www.kdhx.org/component/tags/tag/76-chuck-lavazzi) I find myself constantly questioning when to use anglicized versions of words vs. their originals. I mostly come down on the site of the latter, but given that I write for a radio station that doesn't actually play any classical music, it's always a question I have to ask.Chuck Lavazzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18734173.post-42703068800457117192013-08-16T01:48:10.216-04:002013-08-16T01:48:10.216-04:00This is interesting, because recently, all I have ...This is interesting, because recently, all I have ever heard it tempi. Maybe, I been listening to Glenn Gould interviews too much. Of course, he would be 80 years old, if he were still alive today so he belonged to the over 40 set, as I do (or should it be as do it?)Marilyn Crosbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01608964879284450879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18734173.post-50477050886758012832013-07-30T22:03:15.509-04:002013-07-30T22:03:15.509-04:00Can't say that I've ever heard the word &q...Can't say that I've ever heard the word "tempi". I've heard it as tempos for as long as I can remember. "Tempi" is the plural form of time in Italian. "Tempo" equals "time" and "tempi" equals "times" in Italian.Brianhttp://www.digitalpianoreviewshub.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18734173.post-5664862309233482682013-07-08T18:02:40.314-04:002013-07-08T18:02:40.314-04:00Once a word enters the English language it becomes...Once a word enters the English language it becomes subject to English grammatical norms. If you slavishly insist that all words are grammatically modified according to their source language then English will become an unusable amalgam of Latin, Greek, French-modified Latin, Germanic this and that etc. Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16494731273916705327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18734173.post-14220956457510966102013-07-08T08:55:51.480-04:002013-07-08T08:55:51.480-04:00I always use "tempi" as I find it more n...I always use "tempi" as I find it more natural and appropriate in terms of Italian, since I am using an Italian word. Of course, "tempos" in US/UK is used as this has an English plural ending of an Italian word. The same thing would apply with "crescendi & crescendos", "ritenuti & ritenutos" etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18734173.post-84137377634704240612013-07-07T21:26:33.083-04:002013-07-07T21:26:33.083-04:00"Tempi" is common among orchestral playe..."Tempi" is common among orchestral players, especially in the 40-and-up crowd. Chris Foleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05248396106719265480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18734173.post-53641243236408417262013-07-07T10:23:25.511-04:002013-07-07T10:23:25.511-04:00Do people really say "tempi"?! I studied...Do people really say "tempi"?! I studied music in the UK, and here at least I think we're comfortable saying tempos... That said, love the pic :)<br /><br />Christopher Suttonhttp://www.easyeartraining.com/author/christopher-suttonnoreply@blogger.com