Meaning & use
meno mosso
A musical direction meaning to play more slowly than the preceding passage, literally 'less moved' in Italian.
See it in a sentence
The conductor marked meno mosso above the final verse to slow the tempo.
After the fast chorus, the score shifts to meno mosso for a gentler ending.
A note on using this word
Meno mosso is relative, telling performers to slow down compared with the previous section rather than naming an exact tempo.
Words with a similar meaning
slower
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Words with an opposite meaning
più mosso
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