con moto

See also: conmoto

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Italian con motobor.

English con moto

Borrowed from Italian con moto.

Noun

con moto

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

Adverb

con moto (not comparable)

1. (music) played "with motion"
   • 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 419:

     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.

Adjective

con moto (not comparable)

1. (music) describing a passage having this mark

Anagrams

• monocot