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- What is marcato bowing?
- What does marcato sound like?
- What does marcato mean in music?
- Is marcato louder than accent?
What is marcato bowing?
Marcato is a technique for playing a stringed instrument, such as violin, viola, cello, and the double bass: Using the bow, one begins each note with a new attack, rather than continuing the motion of the bow from one note to the next, which would be legato or slurred.
What does marcato sound like?
Marcato: A marcato is a wedge-shaped vertical accent mark. It comes from the Italian word for "hammered." A note with a marcato accent should be as loud as one with a standard accent and as short as a staccato note.
What does marcato mean in music?
: with strong accentuation —used as a direction in music.
Is marcato louder than accent?
Marcato (short form: Marc.; Italian for marked) is a musical instruction indicating a note, chord, or passage is to be played louder or more forcefully than the surrounding music. ... The marcato is essentially a louder version of the regular accent > (an open horizontal wedge).
