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Staccato

adjective

(music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply. Synonym: disconnected. "A staccato command" , "Staccato notes"

adverb

Separating the notes; in music.

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"Staccato" Quotes from Famous Books

... Ya on the first tone, because when sung freely it helps to place the tone well forward. Ya is pronounced as the German Ja. We use ha on all other tones of this study for the reason that it is the natural staccato of the voice. Think it and sing it "in glossic" or phonetically, thus: hA, very little h but full, inflated, expanded A. A full explanation for the use of Ya and ha may be found in "Position and Action in Singing," page 117. All the studies given in this little work for the ...

— The Renaissance of the Vocal Art • Edmund Myer

... crowd could be heard the sharp staccato click of the telegraph wires. Special trains were coming from Omaha, came the news. The police force had tried to keep the crowds from smothering each other, but they had torn down the gate of the station and rushed through, afraid to ...

— Land of the Burnt Thigh • Edith Eudora Kohl

... into the valley before her, across to the mountains, and, smiling, with half-shut eyes of supreme satisfaction, she said under her breath: "It's Beethoven—just the blessedness of Beethoven! The valley is a legato passage, quiet and flowing; those far, up-pricking hills, staccato; and the mountains ...

— The Bent Twig • Dorothy Canfield

... manufactured worth-while screen dramas, when any subject longer than a reel had to be of rare excellence, such as the art films imported from France for the Licensed program. In those days, Stella rose rapidly to prominence. Her large wistful eyes had set the hearts of many of us to beating at staccato rate. ...

— The Film Mystery • Arthur B. Reeve

... of strong shapes—masculine trades, sights and sounds; Long varied train of an emblem, dabs of music; Fingers of the organist skipping staccato over the keys of ...

— Poems By Walt Whitman • Walt Whitman

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