Vocab #6 Articulation

Staccato music is a style of music where notes are played short and detached, with a small amount of silence between each note. The word "staccato" comes from the Italian word staccare, which means "to detach". 

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• metronome speed

• Dynamics

• Volume

• Tempo

• How you tongue/slur and start/stop notes

• Articulation

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• Accent

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• Housetop Accent. Marcato.

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• Staccato

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Groups:

(a) Short

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(b) Long

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Groups:

(a) Dynamics

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(b) Articulation

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March style involves playing notes

• shorter than usual

• longer than usual

Legato means

• short notes

• long notes

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(a) With Emphasis

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(b) Short AND With Emphasis

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(c) Short

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Housetop Accent is played both short and loud. It's like a combination of Staccato and Accent.

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Staccato notes are about 50% of their normal length. To make the notes EVEN SHORTER you could use the articulation style called

• Staccatissimo

• Legato