Staccato

Quick meaning: Staccato is a noun meaning (music) A passage having this mark.

Meaning

(music) A passage having this mark.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) Any sound resembling a musical staccato.
2. (music) played in this style
3. (music) Describing a passage having this mark.
4. Made up of abruptly disconnected parts or sounds.
5. (music) 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.

Example Sentences

Now, play the same passage very staccato.

According to the syllable-timed hypothesis, Spanish syllables as staccato.

The same nervous staccato laugh broke from her thin lips, and her fingers began to play with a long tortoise-shell paper-knife.

The tumultuous noise resolved itself now into the disorderly mingling of many voices, the gride of many wheels, the creaking of waggons, and the staccato of hoofs.

Word Forms

• staccatos
• staccati

Synonyms for staccato

Depending on context, synonyms include abrupt, disconnected.

Antonyms for staccato

Common opposites include legato, smooth.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include abrupt, disconnected, acciaccatura, acciacatura, stem, adagio.

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