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Staccato

Staccato Meaning & Definition
Staccato Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Staccato?

[adv] separating the notes; in music; "play this staccato, please"
[adj] marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; (music) cut short crisply; "staccato applause"; "a staccato command"; "staccato notes"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Staccato: abrupt | disconnected

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Staccato In Webster's Dictionary

\Stac*ca"to\, a. [It., p. p. 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 {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 peremptory [literary criticism]. --G. Eliot.

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