Activities Hobbies A Definition of A Tempo di Menuetto Share PINTEREST Email Print Mohamad Ridzuan Abdul Rashid/EyeEm/Getty Images Hobbies Playing Music Playing Piano Music Education Playing Guitar Home Recording Contests Couponing Freebies Frugal Living Fine Arts & Crafts Astrology Card Games & Gambling Cars & Motorcycles Learn More 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