Dirge Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 I'm not quite sure what I'm being told to do by this instruction. Help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglogeezer Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 I'm not quite sure what I'm being told to do by this instruction. Help. It seems from this site NAXOS Meno Meno (Italian: less) is used in musical directions to qualify other words as in meno mosso, with less movement. that MENO means less - so MENO TEMPO means LESS SPEED?? regards Jake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge Posted December 14, 2008 Author Share Posted December 14, 2008 I'm not quite sure what I'm being told to do by this instruction. Help. It seems from this site NAXOS Meno Meno (Italian: less) is used in musical directions to qualify other words as in meno mosso, with less movement. that MENO means less - so MENO TEMPO means LESS SPEED?? regards Jake Hi Jake. I thought perhaps it was a direction to be 'looser' with the timing, you know, 'less time'. But if you take it as speed then it comes across as 'a bit slower'. Hence the puzzlement and the query. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Looser would be "con rubato". I think meno tempo probably is intended to mean slower. Samantha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Looser would be "con rubato". I think meno tempo probably is intended to mean slower. No, no. If "meno tempo" means "less time", then that means you'd better hurry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Husmann Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 that MENO means less - so MENO TEMPO means LESS SPEED?? regards Jake Ish. Meno means within the same given speed (allegro for example) that you continue with noticeable less speed. But not dropping down to something like andante... I think important is as well that you play a bit in a different speed without adjusting it like in a ritardando. You play a bit slower and when it says back to full speed - well, than it´s the original speed again. Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge Posted December 15, 2008 Author Share Posted December 15, 2008 that MENO means less - so MENO TEMPO means LESS SPEED?? regards Jake Ish. Meno means within the same given speed (allegro for example) that you continue with noticeable less speed. But not dropping down to something like andante... I think important is as well that you play a bit in a different speed without adjusting it like in a ritardando. You play a bit slower and when it says back to full speed - well, than it´s the original speed again. Christian There we go, a definitive answer. Thanks very much, Christian. It even gives me an excuse to play the difficult bit slower.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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