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con moto

con moto noun: a tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played "with motion".

Noun

con moto

  1. A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played "with motion"
  2. A passage having this mark

Adverb

con moto (not comparable)

  1. played "with motion"
    • The tune starts in largo and voices the first stage, the outpouring of the soul. With the fifth bar, con moto, the tune progresses to the second stage, the spiritual awakening.1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 419

Adjective

con moto (not comparable)

  1. describing a passage having this mark

Origin of con moto

Borrowed from Italian con moto.

Questions about con moto

What does con moto mean?
Con moto means a tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played "with motion".
What part of speech is con moto?
Con moto can be a noun, an adverb or an adjective.

Words near con moto in the dictionary

  1. con game
  2. con games
  3. con law
  4. con man
  5. con men
  6. con moto
  7. con rod
  8. con rods
  9. con sord
  10. con sordini
  11. con sordino

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