staccato

Word Type

a.

staccato Meaning Definition

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.

Synonyms for staccato

a cappella,abbandono,accidental,accrescendo,adagietto,adagio,affettuoso,agilmente,agitato,allegretto,allegro,amabile,amoroso,andante,andantino,appassionatamente,appassionato,arrhythmia,beat,beating,breve,brillante,cantando,capriccioso,ceaseless,ceaselessness,chattering,clicking,con affetto,con agilita,con agitazione,con amore,constancy,constant,constant flow,continual,continualness,continuity,crescendo,crotchet,decrescendo,demilegato,demisemiquaver,diminuendo,dolce,dominant,dominant note,double whole note,drumming,eighth note,enharmonic,enharmonic note,execution,expression,fingering,flat,flutter,fluttering,forte,fortissimo,glissando,half note,heartbeat,heartthrob,hemidemisemiquaver,incessancy,incessant,intonation,lamentabile,larghetto,larghissimo,largo,legato,leggiero,machine gun,marcando,mezzo staccato,minim,morendo,music-making,musical note,natural,noninterruption,note,oscillating,oscillation,palpitant,palpitation,parlando,patent note,perennial,performance,perpetual,perpetuity,pianism,pianissimo,piano,pitapat,pitter-patter,pizzicato,pounding,prestissimo,presto,pulsatile,pulsating,pulsation,pulsative,pulsatory,pulse,pulsing,quarter note,quaver,quick fire,rallentando,rapid,rapid fire,rapid recurrence,rapid succession,rapidity,rat-a-tat,rataplan,regular,regularity,rendering,rendition,repeated,repercussion,repetition,report,responding note,rhythm,rhythmic,ritardando,ritenuto,rubato,scherzando,scherzo,scherzoso,semibreve,semiquaver,shaped note,sharp,sixteenth note,sixty-fourth note,slur,sordo,sotto voce,spattering,spiccato,spluttering,sputtering,steadiness,steady,stretto,stuttering,sustained,sustained note,sustainment,tattoo,tempo,tercet,thirty-second note,throb,throbbing,thrumming,thumping,ticking,tone,touch,tremolando,tremoloso,trillando,triplet,unbroken,unceasing,unchanging,unintermission,unintermitted,unintermittent,unintermitting,uninterrupted,uninterruption,unremitting,unstopped,unvarying,vibrating,vibration,whole note

Synonym Search Links for staccato

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