
1) Abrupt 2) Broken off, musically 3) Choppy, to Chopin 4) Clipped, musically 5) Cut short crisply 6) Cut short in performing 7) Detached, on a score 8) Detached in Italian 9) Detached but in Italian 10) Detached 11) Detached but Italian 12) Disconnected 13) Disconnected, musically 14) In rapid-fire succession
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1) Abrupt 2) Disconnected
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making each note brief and detached; the opposite of legato. In musical notation, a small dot under or over the head of the note indicates that it is to be articulated as staccato.
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Staccato (Italian for `detached`) is a form of musical articulation. In modern notation it signifies a note of shortened duration, separated from the note that may follow by silence. It has been described by theorists and appeared in music since the 18th century. ==Notation== In 20th-century music, a dot placed above or below a note indicates th.....
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[music company] Staccato is a music company, specialising in guitars and drums. == Staccato Guitars == Pat Townshend designed the magnesium alloy guitar called, `The Staccato.` The final guitar design featured a neck and bridge system that could be swapped out. The user could interchange a bass neck for a six string neck. Some models featur...
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• (a.) Disconnected; separated; distinct; -- a direction to perform the notes of a passage in a short, distinct, and pointed manner. It is opposed to legato, and often indicated by heavy accents written over or under the notes, or by dots when the performance is to be less distinct and emphatic. • (a.) Expressed in a brief, pointed manner...
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1. Disconnected; separated; distinct; a direction to perform the notes of a passage in a short, distinct, and pointed manner. It is opposed to legato, and often indicated by heavy accents written over or under the notes, or by dots when the performance is to be less distinct and emphatic. ... 2. Expressed in a brief, pointed manner. 'Staccato and p...
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making each note brief and detached; the opposite of legato. In musical notation, a small dot under or over the head of the note indicates that it is to be articulated as staccato.
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Stac·ca'to adjective [ Italian , past participle of
staccere , equivalent to
distaccare . See
Detach .]
1. (Mus.) Disconnected; separated; distinct; -- a direction to perform the notes of a passage in a short, distinct, and pointed manner. It is opposed to
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staccato
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In music, staccato is a direction to perform in a short, distinct, and pointed manner. It is opposed to legato, and often indicated by heavy accents written over or under the notes, or by dots when the performance is to be less distinct and emphatic.
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making each note brief and detached; the opposite of legato. In musical notation, a small dot under or over the head of the note indicates that it is to be articulated as staccato.
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Staccato indicates the bow should remain on the string to play shortened and detached notes, distinctly separate from successive notes. Staccato is sometimes used with slurs (slurred staccato) for a series of short, stopped notes played in the same up or down bow (many violinists perform slurred staccato as a series of slurred martel
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[
adj] - marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds 2. [adv] - separating the notes
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short, detached sounds indicated by a dot over or under a note; the opposite of legato.
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A detached style of playing that shows the distinction between notes (opp. Legato)
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adjective (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply; `staccato applause`; `a staccato command`; `staccato notes`
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In music, a term used to describe playing notes in a short, detached manner, rather than legato (smoothly, or `joined`). Each note is sounded for only part of its written value and this is indicated by a dot placed above or below the note. Staccato gives an upbeat feel to a passage, for example the opening of the scherzo to Beethoven'...
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Short detached notes, as opposed to legato.
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detached, separated
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“clipped”; short, clipped, rapid articulation. The opposite of legato.
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[Literary terms] marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds
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