Tuesday 9 August 2016

Expression - Style/Mood

The following are Italian words of expression that tell the performer how to perform a piece of music and their meanings:

Cantabile - in a singing style
Grazioso - graceful


Dolce - sweetly
Espressivo - expressively
Pesante - heavy

Brillante - brilliantly; with spirit; lively

Tranquillo - tranquilly; calmly

A tempo - Go back to the original tempo