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In 20th-century music, a dot placed above or below a note indicates that it should be played staccato, and a wedge is used for the more emphatic staccatissimo.However, before 1850, dots, dashes, and wedges were all likely to have the same meaning, even though some theorists from as early as the 1750s distinguished different degrees of staccato through the use of dots and dashes, with the dash ...
There are many types of articulation, each with a different effect on how the note is played. In music notation articulation marks include the slur, phrase mark, staccato, staccatissimo, accent, sforzando, rinforzando, and legato. A different symbol, placed above or below the note (depending on its position on the staff), represents each ...
Staccato: detached: A form of musical articulation in which notes are distinct and separated from each other by short gaps Staccatissimo: very detached: Forcefully exaggerated staccato Tutti: all: Played or sung by the entire ensemble, rather than by just a soloist or principal player Vibrato: vibrating
The vertical stroke, (or sometimes an inverted wedge or inverted teardrop), shown fourth, is usually interpreted as staccatissimo, shorter than staccato. A staccatissimo crotchet (quarter note) would be correctly played in traditional art music as a lightly articulated semi-quaver (sixteenth note) followed by rests which fill the remainder of ...
Staccatissimo or Spiccato This indicates that the note should be played even shorter than staccato. It is usually applied to quarter notes or shorter notes. In the past this marking's meaning was more ambiguous—it was sometimes used interchangeably with staccato and sometimes indicated an accent and not a shortened note.
Examples of articulation marks. From left to right: staccato, staccatissimo, martellato, accent, tenuto. Articulation is the way the performer sounds notes. For example, staccato is the shortening of duration compared to the written note value, legato performs the notes in a smoothly joined sequence with no separation. Articulation is often ...
staccato Making each note brief and detached; the opposite of legato. In musical notation, a small dot under or over the head of the note indicates that it is to be articulated as staccato. stanza A verse of a song stem Vertical line that is directly connected to the [note] head stentando or stentato (sten. or stent.)
Articulations from legato to staccatissimo. Legato ⓘ, Portato ⓘ, Staccato ⓘ, Staccatissimo ⓘ Tuning is a musical technique which is performed directly before nearly all instruments are used (even unpitched percussion instruments are often tuned), so it is often taught to students at the beginning of study of most instrumentals ...