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Gracefully, elegantly — with lightness and charm.
Printed alone above a passage or as part of a heading — Andante grazioso, Allegretto grazioso, Moderato e grazioso — often at the start of a theme or trio. It lasts for the section it introduces; con grazia is printed as an equivalent.
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, Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331, first movement, m. 1: “Andante grazioso” heads the theme and variations, at p.
Grazioso is one of 1760 terms in the Gradus musical dictionary: the words, abbreviations and instrument names that appear in printed scores, plus the vocabulary composers use to talk about them.
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