legato

[ luh-gah-toh; Italian le-gah-taw ]

/ ləˈgɑ toʊ; Italian lɛˈgɑ tɔ /

adjective, adverb Music.

smooth and connected; without breaks between the successive tones.

Compare staccato.

Origin of legato

1805–15; <Italian, past participle of legare<Latin ligāre to bind

OTHER WORDS FROM legato

non·le·ga·to, adjective

Words nearby legato

Legaspi, legate, legatee, legatine, legation, legato, legator, leg before wicket, leg-break, leg bye, Legco

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Example sentences from the Web for legato

La prego credere che io sono ora, e per tutta la mia vita sarò, a Lei legato di affezione, divozione e rispetto.
Diversions in Sicily|H. Festing Jones
Some allow pupils to practise only staccato, and others only legato, aiming thereby at nobody knows what.
Piano and Song|Friedrich Wieck
Legato means "bound together," for which we substitute the word "connected."
Piano Playing|Josef Hofmann
After one has been through a mass of such material, the matter of legato singing becomes more or less automatic.
Great Singers on the Art of Singing|James Francis Cooke

For example, the legato and symbols which indicate that difference ( and ) have therefore the greatest value.
Montessori Elementary Materials|Maria Montessori

British Dictionary definitions for legato

legato

/ (lɪˈɡɑːtəʊ) music /

adjective, adverb

to be performed smoothly and connectedly

noun plural -tos

a style of playing in which no perceptible gaps are left between notes
(as modifier)a legato passage

Word Origin for legato

C19: from Italian, literally: bound

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单词	legato
释义	legato [ luh-gah-toh; Italian le-gah-taw ] / ləˈgɑ toʊ; Italian lɛˈgɑ tɔ / adjective, adverb Music. smooth and connected; without breaks between the successive tones. Compare staccato. Origin of legato 1805–15; <Italian, past participle of legare<Latin ligāre to bind OTHER WORDS FROM legato non·le·ga·to, adjective Words nearby legato Legaspi, legate, legatee, legatine, legation, legato, legator, leg before wicket, leg-break, leg bye, Legco Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for legato La prego credere che io sono ora, e per tutta la mia vita sarò, a Lei legato di affezione, divozione e rispetto. Diversions in Sicily\|H. Festing Jones Some allow pupils to practise only staccato, and others only legato, aiming thereby at nobody knows what. Piano and Song\|Friedrich Wieck Legato means "bound together," for which we substitute the word "connected." Piano Playing\|Josef Hofmann After one has been through a mass of such material, the matter of legato singing becomes more or less automatic. Great Singers on the Art of Singing\|James Francis Cooke For example, the legato and symbols which indicate that difference ( and ) have therefore the greatest value. Montessori Elementary Materials\|Maria Montessori British Dictionary definitions for legato legato / (lɪˈɡɑːtəʊ) music / adjective, adverb to be performed smoothly and connectedly noun plural -tos a style of playing in which no perceptible gaps are left between notes (as modifier)a legato passage Word Origin for legato C19: from Italian, literally: bound Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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