Hobbies Playing Music A Definition of A Tempo di Menuetto Share PINTEREST Email Print Mohamad Ridzuan Abdul Rashid/EyeEm/Getty Images Playing Music Playing Piano Tutorials Piano Chords Buying Advice Music Education Playing Guitar Home Recording By Brandy Kraemer Updated on 03/17/17 The Italian musical phrase a tempo di menuetto is an indication to play with the style and “tempo of a minuet”: slow, graceful, and often in 3/4 or 6/8 time. See alla marcia. Musical Trivia: The correct Italian would be “minuetto.” The term menuetto likely gained popularity through early German composers who, probably by accident, combined the Italian and German (“Menuett”) words for minuet. Also Known As: a tempo di minuetto (It)tempo de minuet (Fr)im Menuetttempo (Ger) Pronunciation: ah tem'-poh de meen'-oo-ETT-toh More Italian Musical Commands: (mf) mezzo forte ritardando smorzando accelerando vivace