[Listening extract audio not available in printed QP] QP Music skeleton score: see Insert. Read questions below. In a piano sonata, dots are placed above ea...
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QP Music skeleton score: see Insert. Read questions below.
In a piano sonata, dots are placed above each note, indicating the notes should be played short and detached.
Give the Italian term for this articulation. [1]
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The Italian term for this articulation is staccato. [1] Staccato (from the Italian staccare, meaning "to detach") instructs the performer to play each note short and detached from the next, with a brief silence between notes. In notation, staccato is indicated by a dot placed directly above or below the notehead. The effect is a crisp, light articulation that contrasts with legato (smooth and connected) playing. The degree of shortness depends on context and tempo, but typically a staccato note is played at roughly half its written duration.
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