staccato

Definition of the Italian term staccato in music:

staccato (short and detached notes)
detached, separated

Language

Italian

Singular

staccato (m)staccata (f)

Plural

staccati (m)staccate (f)

Abbreviation

stacc.

Italian musical terms that include staccato:

adagio e staccato – slowly and staccato (with short and detached notes...
allegro e staccato – fast and staccato (with short and detached notes)...
andante e staccato – moderately slow and staccato (with short and detac...
animato e staccato – lively and staccato (with short and detached notes...
ben staccato – very staccato (very short and detached notes)
espressivo e staccato – expressive and staccato (with short and detached n...
forte e staccato – loud and staccato (with short and detached notes)
il basso sempre staccato – the bass always staccato (with short and detached ...
largo e staccato – slow and staccato (with short and detached notes)...
leggiero e staccato – light and staccato (with short and detached notes)
marcato e staccato – accented and staccato (with short and detached not...
mezzo staccato – somewhat staccato (somewhat short and detached not...
molto staccato – very staccato (very short and detached notes)
piano e staccato – soft and staccato (with short and detached notes)
poco staccato – a little staccato (with somewhat short and detache...
scherzando e staccato – playful and staccato (with short and detached note...
sempre staccato – always staccato (always short and detached notes)
sempre staccato e piano – always staccato (short and detached notes) and sof...
staccato assai – very staccato (very short and detached notes)
staccato con delicatezza – staccato (short and detached notes) with delicacy
staccato con grazia – staccato (short and detached notes) with grace
staccato con tutto l'arco – staccato (short and detached notes) with the full ...
staccato e deciso – staccato (short and detached notes) and decisive
staccato e forte – staccato (short and detached notes) and loud
staccato e leggiero – staccato (short and detached notes) and light
staccato e mezzo forte – staccato (short and detached notes) and moderately...
staccato e pesante – staccato (short and detached notes) and heavy
staccato e pianissimo – staccato (short and detached notes) and very soft
staccato e piano – staccato (short and detached notes) and soft
staccato e senza pedale – staccato (short and detached notes) and without pe...
un poco staccato – somewhat staccato (somewhat short and detached not...
vivace e staccato – lively and staccato (with short and detached notes...

Music scores that include staccato:

Antonín Dvořák: Slavonic Dances (1886) Page 13
Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (1847) Page 8
Franz Liszt: La Campanella (1851) Page 1
Franz Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor (1852‑53) Page 4
Franz Schubert: 4 Impromptus (1827) Page 1
Gioachino Rossini: The Barber of Seville (1816) Page 11
Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco (1841) Page 5
Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor (1708) Page 2
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3 (1794‑1795) Page 1
Scott Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag (1899) Page 3

Italian musical terms related to staccato:

portamento – literally "carrying"...
portando – literally "carrying"...
portare – literally "to carry"...
portato – literally "carried"...
puntando – pointing, aiming...
puntato – dotted (note value)...
scucito – unconnected, detached, separated
secco – dry...
spiccato – literally "jumped" or "leaped"...
staccare – to detach, to separate...
staccatissimo – extremely staccato (extremely short and detached n...

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