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Author: shelly
Date: 2001-05-18 16:42
I just got a piece of music that has staccato notes with a _ (a straight line) over them. Is this the same thing as an accent (>) ??
shelly
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Author: jan
Date: 2001-05-18 16:52
im not positive but i think this means a soft staccato. more like dah, than tee.. i dunno how to explain it. sort of like a lagato staccato.
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Author: Blake
Date: 2001-05-18 17:03
a note with a dot and a bar over it are marcato....the notes should be played with separation but not with a sharp stacato. I tend to play it by stopping the air column rather than stopping the reed..more like a breath tonguing rather than an actual tonguing. It probably results from my voice experience where we call that mark "martalato" rather than "marcato" and refers to a similar technique of using a diaphragm "push" for articulation rather than the usual method. (an "ah ah ah" instead of a "hah hah hah" for voice)
Blake
Arlington, VA
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Author: shelly
Date: 2001-05-18 18:09
THank you so much for the info! I really do need to break down and get me a good music dictionary.
shelly
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Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2001-05-18 22:24
Shelly -
Unslurred notes are not played staccato. They're just tongued. Staccato is indicated with dots over or under the notehead.
A straight line over or under the notehead is not a special staccato sign, but just the opposite. It means legato, where the notes are held as long as possible, and the tongue supplies a break without a space.
There are a number of other signs, all of which you will find in an elementary method book or a music dictionary. By the way, you don't have to pay $50 and get the Harvard Music Dictionary (though you'll probably want it eventually). Even a $5 paperback music dictionary will tell you about articulation signs.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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Author: shelly
Date: 2001-05-19 17:20
Ken,
These notes have the staccato dot AND the straight line. No way I can play the note legato and staccato at the same time! The response above about the notes being marcato makes sense to me. A sort of softer staccato using the breath to mark the note instead of the tongue.
shelly
P.S. You are so right. I would love to have the Harvard dictionary!
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Author: deebee
Date: 2001-05-20 15:48
Some people would understand staccato as "detached" Ð not necessarily short, although that is invariably how staccato quavers (8ths) and semiquavers (16ths) come out.
So, when you add a staccato to a dash, you're holding the note for (just about) the full length, but then detaching it from the following note.
(Not necessarily an accent, which probably has more to do with the beginning of the note.)
deebee
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