giocoso – Definition in music

Definition of the Italian term giocoso in music:

playful, jolly

Language

Italian

Singular

giocoso (m)giocosa (f)

Plural

giocosi (m)giocose (f)

Italian musical terms that include giocoso:

allegretto giocoso – moderately fast and playful...
allegro giocoso – fast and playful...
dramma giocoso – literally "comic drama"...
marcato e giocoso – accented and playful
molto giocoso – very cheerful
vivace e giocoso – lively and playful...

Music scores that include giocoso:

Béla Bartók: Suite for Piano (1916) Page 5
Emile Jaques-Dalcroze: Violin Concerto No. 1 (ca. 1901) Page 1
Georges Bizet: L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2 (1879) Page 4
Harvey Worthington Loomis: Lyrics of the Red Man (1904) Page 4

Italian musical terms related to giocoso:

giocante – playful
giochevole – playful
gioco – play, game
giocondamente – playfully, jokingly, joyously
giocondezza – playfulness, joy
giocosamente – playfully
poco scherzando – a little playful, a little merry
scherzando – playful, joking, merry...
scherzante – playful, lively, merry
scherzantissimo – very playful, very lively, very merry
scherzevole – playful, lively, merry
scherzevolmente – playfully, lively, merrily
scherzosamente – playfully, jokingly, merrily
scherzoso – playful, lively, merry