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Gracefully, elegantly — with lightness and charm.
Grazioso implies aristocratic elegance — the music should be charming without being trivial. Use it for dance movements, courtly themes, or passages that need delicacy and poise.
Mozart's Piano Sonata K. 331, first movement (Andante grazioso) — the theme has the elegant poise of a minuet.
Grazioso is one of 228 terms in the Gradus musical dictionary, where every definition is written around how composers actually use the word.
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