Legato is smooth transition from one note to another. Exactly that. One specific note to another specific note.

Legato technique is required for slurred performance, but unlike slurring (as that term is interpreted for some instruments), legato does not forbid rearticulation. In standard notation legato is indicated either with the word legato itself, or by a slur (a curved line) under the notes that are to be joined in one legato group.

Aug 7, 2023 · Legato overlap means extending note beyond the start of the next one (typically expressed in absolute time units, not percentage). Legato note followed by a pause doesn't really make sense. However, I could see stretching the definition in your particular software to say "100% legato" means playing the note for its full notated duration.

Legato literally means "bound together" - the sounds are connected. Staccato literally means "detached" - there's a space between the sounds. So you can't have a phrase that is both staccato and legato. But the symbol we use for legato, the curved line over a set of notes, is also called a "phrase mark". And phrases are not necessarily all legato.

Jul 4, 2018 · Legato for the movement doesn't mean every single note has to be legato. It could mean that you might wish to play the staccato notes slightly less staccato than you would in a movement not marked legato. It's really up to you. I personally think that movement sounds better if the staccato notes are "mezzo-staccato."

Either, it means no pedaling for x measures such as in a Chopin polonaise, or it means there was a pedal sempre marking before, such as in the Moonlight Sonata adagio movement. I have rarely ever come across a situation where no pedal marking, just slurs for a legato marking = use the pedal to acheive this legato sound. –

Jul 17, 2015 · There are lots of ways to play it, but "every note legato", or "every note disconnected" would both be a little weird. By default I think most people would group it into two or four bar legato phrases that end on the long sustained notes. (So, for example, you might add a break after the first B natural and after the following B flat).

What is the correct right hand technique to play legato when only the first note on each string is picked? I am most comfortable with down picking whether I go up or down the scale, but as I learne...

Apr 28, 2020 · On wind instruments, all the notes under the slur except for the first, are untongued, the breath flowing continuously while the fingers move. On stringed instruments, the equivalent effect is achieved by using a single sweep of the bow for each slur or phrase. On keyboard instruments the notes are played legato (smoothly) and with a light touch.

Sep 4, 2015 · In classical singing, legato means a string of sustained vowels with minimal interruption from consonants. It also notes that for classical singing, legato is a default state, if you're not told to emphasize the attack part of notes, you run phrases together.