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

How to pronounce Brillante in Italian

Tranquillo - tranquilly; calmly

How to pronounce Tranquillo in Italian

A tempo - Go back to the original tempo

How to pronounce A Tempo in Italian