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staccato |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Staccato \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: staccato adj : marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; (music) cut short crisply; "staccato applause"; "a staccato command"; "staccato notes" [syn: {disconnected}] [ant: {legato}] adv : separating the notes; in music; "play this staccato, please" [ant: {legato}]
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