motion
MOE-shun
[English]
- A directive to perform the indicated passage of a composition at a faster tempo.
- The idea that a phrase of music "goes towards" the cadence. It is achieved through chordal progressions, usually building towards a space of greatest tension, created by dissonance, resolving to a consonance, usually on the tonic.
See Also
[French] mouvement (m)[German] bewegung (f)
[Italian] moto (m)
[Italian] movimento (m)
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Last Updated: 2016-06-05 19:40:51