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Legato Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Connected; tied; -- a term used when successive tones are to be produced in a closely connected, smoothly gliding manner. It is often indicated by a tie, thus /, /, or /, /, written over or under the notes to be so performed; -- opposed to staccato.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutConnected; tied; -- a term used when successive tones are to be produced in a closely connected, smoothly gliding manner. It is often indicated by a tie, thus /, /, or /, /, written over or under the notes to be so performed; -- opposed to staccato.
legato
\le*ga"to\ (l&asl;*g?"t&osl;), a. [it., tied, joined, fr. legare to tie, bind, l. ligare.] (mus.) connected; tied; -- a term used when successive tones are to be produced in a closely connected, smoothly gliding manner. it is often indicated by a tie, thus &?;, &?;, or &?;, &?;, written over or under the notes to be so performed; -- opposed to staccato.
Adjective
1. without breaks between notes; smooth and connected; "a legato passage"
(synonym) smooth
(antonym) staccato, disconnected
(classification) music
Adverb
1. connecting the notes; in music; "play this legato, please"
(antonym) staccato
Legato Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
Legato Systems, Inc.
Exchange: Nasdaq
Develops, markets and supports network storage management software products for heterogeneous client/server computing environments; And licences source code to its software products to original equipment manufacturers.
Exchange: Nasdaq
Develops, markets and supports network storage management software products for heterogeneous client/server computing environments; And licences source code to its software products to original equipment manufacturers.
Legato Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
In musical notation the Italian word legato (literally meaning "tied together") indicates that musical notes are played or sung smoothly and connected. That is, in transitioning from note to note, there should be no intervening silence. Legato technique is required for slurred performance, but unlike slurring (as that term is interpreted for some instruments), legato does not forbid rearticulation. In standard notation legato is indicated either with the word legato itself, or by a slur (a curved line) under the notes that are to be joined in 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 Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
