STACCATO
\stɐkˈɑːtə͡ʊ], \stɐkˈɑːtəʊ], \s_t_ɐ_k_ˈɑː_t_əʊ]\
Definitions of STACCATO
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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Expressed in a brief, pointed manner.
By Oddity Software
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A musical term noting a series of notes separated from one another by a distinct interval; noting in medicine a form of speech, also called scanning speech, in which the words and syllables are separated by brief pauses.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Daniel Lyons
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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