(Ital.) : Smoothly, without space between the pitches. Opp. is staccato.
A series of notes that are closely bound together - as opposed to notes that are staccato, or, detached from one another. Example: Donizetti: Anna Bolena - the beginning of the aria "Al dolce guidami" from the Mad Scene (from the CD NC 070565-2) The context: Before her execution, Anna, in her mad state, mentally returns to her childhood and remembers her first love. Here Gruberova shows the flexibility of her legato: she varies the dynamic level totally to her command, drawing an ardent, sustained line that conveys the dream-like reverie in which Anna exists at that moment.
The smooth, seamless connection of adjacent notes in a melody.
(leh-GAH-toh) (Italian) — A smooth line of music with no noticeable breaks.
the curiously smooth progress from note to note by contraltos, which seems to happen with imperceptible movement (also violas)
without breaks between notes; smooth and connected; "a legato passage"
connecting the notes; in music; "play this legato, please"
Italian term for describing a manner of playing that is smooth and connected and has a flowing effect
Full, long and flowing notes.
close, gliding, connected style, slurred.
played smoothly with no sense of separation between the notes
(it.) - In a smooth, connected manner. Opposite of staccato [back
1. In this style of organ playing, the notes flow smoothly from one to the next. Sometimes there are breaks between notes for musical phrases or to accentuate a note but the overall effect is smooth when compared to the articulate playing of the Baroque. 2. Legato can also refer to the kind of technique needed to play the notes smoothly.
Smooth and connected; opposite of staccato.
leh- gah-toh] (Italian) "Tied." An indication to play music in a connected, smooth fashion.
Legato is a style direction that indicates the music should be plyed very smoothly, without any chops or breaks.
(Italian), "bound." Played smoothly with no separation between notes.
Singing as though all the notes were tied together; the notes flow together smoothly.
Expression marking that indicates notes are to be played smooth and connected.
Smooth, even, without any break between notes.
( Legato) Smooth and connected
A vocal technique that involves smooth and connected singing.
(leh-GAH-toe) A smooth and gliding style of singing or playing, with no perceptible pause between notes. The opposite of legato is marcato (in a marked, punchy style) or even staccato (an even shorter, more aggressive style.)
Bound smoothly, without a break
Sustaned, controlled, or joined together the opposite of staccato.
Moving smoothly between notes with no noticeable interruptions.
To play notes smoothly and connectedly with no breaks between successive notes
The quality of being smooth and connected.
In musical notation the Italian word legato (literally meaning "tied together") indicates that musical notes are played smoothly. 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.
