LEGATO

Legato

In music performance and notation, legato indicates that musical notes are played or sung smoothly and connected. That is, the player transitions from note to note with no intervening silence. Legato technique is required for slurred performance, but unlike slurring, legato does not forbid rearticulation. Standard notation indicates legato either with the word legato, or by a slur under notes that form one legato group. Legato, like staccato, is a kind of articulation. There is an intermediate articulation called either mezzo staccato or non-legato.

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legato

Noun

  1. A slur curve above or below a passage of notes indicating that they should be played in a legato manner.

Adverb

  1. Smoothly, in a connected manner.
    Play this passage legato not portato.


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