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- How do you tell if a song is legato or staccato?
- How do you indicate staccato?
- What does separated staccato mean?
How do you tell if a song is legato or staccato?
That means there is no perceivable silence between two notes played one after another. To remember legato means connected, think your leg is connected to your body. The term staccato (pronounced "stuh-caw-toe") means detached, or separated, notes. Staccato notes have space, or silence, between them.
How do you indicate staccato?
“Staccato” is another Italian word that means “sharply detached or separated from the other notes.” The symbol to indicate that a note or chord is to be played with a staccato articulation is a dot above or below the note (or chord).
What does separated staccato mean?
Staccato ([stakˈkaːto]; 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 has appeared in music since at least 1676.
