tempo

[ivorevans13]

if music changes from 4/4 - 5/4 does it speed up or does the tempo stay constant at say 120bpm

[MarkRae]

Depends - it could do either...

[rojash]

As Mark says, it's going to depend on what the composer intended. There's no direct connection between time signature and tempo.

[saxy_jag]

As above. Time signature has no direct effect on tempo. All it dictates is how many beats to a bar and what type of note to a beat.

[Megan_Olivia]

I think it would stay the same because 4/4 and 5/4 are just how many beats in a bar there are. the speed can be down to the notes and how gthey are written e.g crotchet, quaver, semibreve, semiquaver.