motu contrario – Definition in music

Definition of the Latin term motu contrario in music:

contrary motion

Language

Latin

Latin musical terms that include motu contrario:

canon motu contrario – canon in contrary motion (mirror canon)
canon motu contrario e recto – canon in contrary and direct motion
per motu contrario – by means of inversion

Music scores that include motu contrario:

Sergey Taneyev: Choral varié (1914) Page 1

Latin musical terms related to motu contrario:

motu – motion, movement
motu recto – direct motion