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Legato

Legato Meaning & Definition
Legato Definition And Meaning

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

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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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