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  2. Portato - Wikipedia

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    The notation with dots under slurs is ambiguous, because it is also used for very different bowings, including staccato and flying spiccato. [1] [4] Currently, portato is sometimes indicated in words, by "mezzo-staccato" or "non-legato"; or can be shown by three graphic forms: a slur that encompasses a phrase of staccato notes (the most common), or

  3. Articulation (music) - Wikipedia

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    Legato is formed by letting the string vibrate without stopping or muting it so the note slurs with the consecutive ones. Staccato is another very common musical articulation found in music. This action is caused by the player plucking, bowing, or picking the note and immediately muting the note so it is shorter than normal.

  4. Legato - Wikipedia

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    Standard notation indicates legato either with the word legato, or by a slur (a curved line) 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 (sometimes referred to as portato ).

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    In 1987 philanthropists Dominique and John de Menil opened their vast art collection, which includes pieces by René Magritte, Henri Matisse, and Mark Rothko, with a museum designed by Renzo Piano.

  6. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    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.)

  7. Staccato - Wikipedia

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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 ...

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    The Art Village Sculpture Park will be on the southeast corner of the intersection of Bunkum Road and the stretch of U.S. 50 known as Lincoln Trail, which becomes St. Clair Avenue going west.

  9. John Ross Palmer - Wikipedia

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    John Ross Palmer is an American artist based in Houston, Texas. [5] [6] [7] He is the author of numerous books and the founder of the Escapism art movement.[8] [9] In 2010, the Museum of Cultural Arts Houston named Palmer "Artist of the Year."