Meno Mosso – less movement (less quickly)

(Pronounced men-oh moss-oh)

To remember what meno mosso means use the following mnemonic:

They are men made of moss over (meno mosso) there, no wonder there is less movement.

Examples of meno mosso in a sentence

The conductor called for meno mosso in this section. 

The notation said strings should be meno mosso towards the end. 

Meno mosso was clearly used at the start of the composition.