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staccato

[ stuh-kah-toh ]

adjective

  1. shortened and detached when played or sung:

    staccato notes.

  2. characterized by performance in which the notes are abruptly disconnected: Compare legato.

    a staccato style of playing.

  3. composed of or characterized by abruptly disconnected elements; disjointed:

    rapid-fire, staccato speech.



adverb

  1. in a staccato manner.

noun

plural staccatos, staccati
  1. performance in a staccato manner.
  2. a staccato passage.

staccato

/ ²õ³Ùəˈ°ìɑ˳Ùəʊ /

adjective

  1. music (of notes) short, clipped, and separate
  2. characterized by short abrupt sounds, as in speech

    a staccato command

“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. (esp used as a musical direction) in a staccato manner
“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

staccato

  1. A direction in music meaning that the notes should be performed in an abrupt, sharp, clear-cut manner.
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Notes

The term staccato has been applied generally to things that occur in rapid bursts, such as gunfire.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of staccato1

1715–25; < Italian: disconnected, past participle of staccare (derivative of stacca pole < Gothic, but taken as a variant of distaccare to detach )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of staccato1

C18: from Italian, from staccare to detach, shortened from distaccare
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