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marcato

[ mahr-kah-toh; Italian mahr-kah-taw ]

adjective

  1. (of notes or chords in a musical score) strongly accented.


marcato

/ ɑːˈɑːəʊ /

adjective

  1. (of notes) heavily accented
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. with each note heavily accented
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of marcato1

1830–40; < Italian: marked
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of marcato1

C19: from Italian: marked
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Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

Notes marked marcato have enough of an accent and/or enough space between them to make each note seem stressed or set apart.

From

But in this scene, as throughout the opera, Britten scatters spiky marcato and staccato articulation.

From

For example, most ballads are sung legato, and most marches are played fairly staccato or marcato, whether they are marked that way or not.

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