staccato

Meaning of staccato

noun
  1. 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 is indicated by a dot directly above or below the notehead.
  2. A passage having this mark.
  3. Any sound resembling a musical staccato.
adjective
  1. Describing a passage having this mark.
  2. Made up of abruptly disconnected parts or sounds.
adverb
  1. Played in this style
    Now, play the same passage very staccato.

Information about staccato

Hyphenation of staccato

stac-cato

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • staccato is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

staccato synonyms

Meaning disconnected:

disconnected

staccato antonyms

Meaning :

legato

Anagrams of staccato

stoccata, toccatas

Words that rhyme with staccato

Cato, abboccato, spiccato, sticcato, Decato, pizzicato, arcato, marcato, ducato

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