| Performance Style | |
| Performance style is the manner in which music is played. | |
| Style Name | Intended Performance Change |
| Ad Libitum | Improvise as you wish |
| Animato | Animated |
| Cantabile | Allow for singing |
| Con brio | Animated |
| Dolce | Sweetly |
| Espressivo | Expressive |
| Grazioso | Gracefully |
| Legato | Smooth and connected |
| Maestoso | Majestically |
| Marcato | Marked |
| Meno mosso | Slower, less lively |
| Poco a poco | Little by little |
| Pił mosso | Faster, more lively |
| Semplice | Simply |
| Simile | Similarly |
| Solo | Alone |
| Sostenuto | Sustained |
| Sotto Voce | Toned down voice |
| Staccato | Short and disconnected |
| Subito | Suddenly |
| Tenuto | Hold for full value |
| Tutti | All |
| Volta Subito | Turn quickly |