con moto

noun

A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played "with motion"

OriginItalian con moto ← ['it ', →
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Meanings

noun
  1. entertainmentA tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played "with motion"
  2. entertainmentA passage having this mark
adverbcon moto (not comparable)
  1. not comparableentertainmentplayed "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
adjectivecon moto (not comparable)
  1. not comparableentertainmentdescribing a passage having this mark

Origin

  1. ['it',
  2. Italiancon moto
  3. Englishcon moto

Borrowed from Italian con moto.

More words from Italian, ['it

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APA

con moto. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/con%20moto

MLA

“con moto.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/con%20moto. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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