moto – Definition in music

Definition of the Italian term moto in music:

movement, motion
tempo
movement (section)

Language

Italian

Singular

moto

Plural

moti

Italian musical terms that include moto:

adagio con moto – slowly with movement...
agitato e con moto – agitated and with movement
allegretto con moto – moderately fast and with movement, slightly faster...
allegro con moto – fast with movement...
allegro di moto – fast with movement...
andante con moto – moderately slow with movement...
andantino con moto – slightly faster than andante with movement...
con moto – with movement, with motion (expression often used ...
grazioso con moto – graceful with movement
larghetto con moto – somewhat slow with movement...
leggiero con moto – light with movement
lento con moto – slow with movement, slightly faster than lento...
maestoso con moto – majestic with movement
maestoso ma con moto – majestic but with movement
medesimo moto – same tempo
moderato con moto – moderate tempo with movement...
moto congiunto – conjunct motion
moto contrario – contrary motion
moto disgiunto – disjunct motion
moto obliquo – oblique motion
moto perpetuo – perpetual motion (often referring to perpetuum mob...
moto precedente – preceding tempo
moto primo – first tempo
moto retto – similar motion
moto retto e parallelo – parallel motion
moto retto e simile – similar motion
più forte e con moto – louder and with movement
più moto – more movement
poco moto – a little movement, a little motion
risoluto con moto – resolute with movement
un poco meno moto – a little less motion
un poco più moto – somewhat more motion

Music scores that include moto:

Claude Debussy: 2 Arabesques (1890‑1891) Page 2
Felix Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words (1829‑1845) Page 1
Franz Liszt: Consolations (1849–50) Page 1
Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations (1741) Page 6
Ludwig van Beethoven: Für Elise (1810) Page 1
Maurice Baron: The Last Lullaby (1921) Page 1
Robert Schumann: Carnaval (1833‑35) Page 1

Italian musical terms related to moto:

movimento – tempo...