How do you pronounce Leggiero?

Leggiero is pronounced "leh-JEH-roh".

What is the opposite of Leggiero?

The opposite of Leggiero includes: Pesante, Marcato.

Leggiero

Lightly, delicately.

About Leggiero

Leggiero (also spelled leggero) instructs the performer to play with a light, delicate touch. In pianoPianoSoft, quietView full entry → music, it often means using less weight and allowing the fingers to dance across the keys.

More expression terms

Scherzando

Playfully — a direction to perform the current passage with humour and wit

Con moto

With motion; with movement.

Brillante

Brilliantly, with sparkle and virtuosity.

Teneramente

Tenderly, with gentle delicacy and emotional warmth in every phrase

Con fuoco

With fire; performed with passionate intensity.

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Synonyms

Lightly Delicately

Antonyms

Pesante Marcato

Dolce Grazioso Spiccato

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Nearby Terms

LarghettoRather broadly, slightly faster than Largo.
LargoVery slow and broad; the slowest standard tempo marking.
Leading noteThe seventh degree of a major or harmonic minor scale, a semitone below the tonic.
Ledger LineA short horizontal line drawn above or below the staff to extend its range for notes too high or too low to fit.
LegatoSmooth, connected
LentoSlow, between Adagio and Largo.
LusingaCoaxingly, with a flattering and persuasive sweetness in the tone
MaBut — introduces a contrasting or limiting qualification
Ma non troppoBut not too much — a moderating instruction that tempers an accompanying direction
MaestosoMajestic; with grandeur and dignity.