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Lightly, nimbly — with delicate touch and clear articulation.
Leggiero asks for feather-light playing — barely touching the keys or strings. Use it for filigree passages, delicate runs, and ornamental figures that should float above the texture.
Ravel's "Jeux d'eau" — the opening cascading arpeggios are leggiero, imitating the play of water.
Leggiero 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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