About The Word Legato
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Legato
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What's The Definition Of Legato?
[adv] connecting the notes; in music; "play this legato, please"
[adj] (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected; "a legato passage" Synonyms | Synonyms for Legato: smooth Related Terms | Find terms related to Legato: a cappella | abbandono | accrescendo | adagietto | adagio | affettuoso | agilmente | agitato | allegretto | allegro | amabile | amoroso | andante | andantino | appassionatamente | appassionato | brillante | cantando | capriccioso | con affetto | con agilita | con agitazione | con amore | crescendo | decrescendo | demilegato | diminuendo | dolce | execution | expression | fingering | forte | fortissimo | glissando | intonation | lamentabile | larghetto | larghissimo | largo | leggiero | marcando | mezzo staccato | morendo | music-making | parlando | performance | pianism | pianissimo | piano | pizzicato | prestissimo | presto | rallentando | rendering | rendition | repercussion | ritardando | ritenuto | rubato | scherzando | scherzo | scherzoso | slur | sordo | sotto voce | spiccato | staccato | stretto | touch | tremolando | tremoloso | trillando See Also | Legato In Webster's Dictionary \Le*ga"to\ (l[asl]*g[aum]"t[-o]), a. [It., tied, joined,
fr. legare to tie, bind, L. ligare.] (Mus.)
Connected; tied; -- a term used when successive tones are to
be produced in a closely connected, smoothly gliding manner.
It is often indicated by a tie, thus ?, ?, or ?, ?, written
over or under the notes to be so performed; -- opposed to
{staccato}.
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