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staccato::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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| Synonyms | disconnected |
staccato applause.
a staccato command.
staccato notes.
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play this staccato, please.
Examples of staccato
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Leisurely writing is a luxury in a world of sound bites and staccato paragraphs.
From the economist.com
Thumb damp technique provides a staccato sound similar to plucking or malleting.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The waiters deliver their instructions in firm, matter-of-fact staccato bursts.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The show once was a heart-racing series with staccato action that never let up.
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From somewhere a malevolent voice starts reciting the alphabet in staccato tones.
From the independent.co.uk
Out came advice, stories, staccato, fast and furious, with intensity and passion.
From the avc.com
Each timpani staccato rings out with the precision and terror of a pistol shot.
From the guardian.co.uk
There is an intermediate articulation called either mezzo staccato or non-legato.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Staccato is a freshwater pearl necklace with sea sponge, silk and sterling silver.
From the democratandchronicle.com
- (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply; "staccato applause"; "a staccato command"; "staccato notes"
- Separating the notes; in music; "play this staccato, please"
- Staccato is a form of musical articulation, signifying an unconnected note, which is short and detached. It has been used in musical notation since the early 18th century. Staccato is the Italian word meaning "detached".
- Shawn Handyside (born January 3, 1979) is the author of the webcomic Staccato and also the administrator of the webcomic community/portal Inksandwich. He lives in Manchester, New Hampshire.
- An articulation marking directing that a note or passage of notes are to be played in an abruptly disconnected manner, with each note sounding for a very short duration, and a short break lasting until the sounding of the next note; as opposed to legato. ...
- Staccato indicates the bow should remain on the string to play shortened and detached notes, distinctly separate from successive notes. ...
- The opposite of Legato. Each note is separate from the one before and after it.
- Detached sounds, indicated by a dot over or under a note. The opposite of legato.
- Characterized by short, clipped, rapid articulation.
