Con brio indicates performing with what quality?

Con brio indicates performing with what quality?

• A. Slow and somber
• B. With spirit; brilliantly
• C. With a soft touch
• D. Without vibrato

Answer: (B)

Con brio means playing with vigor and energy, a lively, spirited character that adds brightness and drive to the music. That makes the option describing “with spirit; brilliantly” the best fit, since it captures both the energetic intent and the sense of liveliness con brio calls for. The other descriptions describe qualities that clash with this marking—slow and somber is the opposite in mood and tempo, a soft touch suggests gentleness rather than energetic attack, and without vibrato is about tone color, not the sustained energetic character con brio asks for.

Con brio means playing with vigor and energy, a lively, spirited character that adds brightness and drive to the music. That makes the option describing “with spirit; brilliantly” the best fit, since it captures both the energetic intent and the sense of liveliness con brio calls for. The other descriptions describe qualities that clash with this marking—slow and somber is the opposite in mood and tempo, a soft touch suggests gentleness rather than energetic attack, and without vibrato is about tone color, not the sustained energetic character con brio asks for.