scherzando

[ skert-sahn-doh, -san- ]

adjective
  1. (a musical direction) playful; sportive.

Origin of scherzando

1
First recorded in 1785–90; from Italian, gerund of scherzare “to joke”; see scherzo

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British Dictionary definitions for scherzando

scherzando

/ (skɛəˈtsændəʊ) music /


adjective, adverb
  1. to be performed in a light-hearted manner

nounplural -di (-diː) or -dos
  1. a movement, passage, etc, directed to be performed in this way

Origin of scherzando

1
Italian, literally: joking. See scherzo

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