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legato
(l/@/'g/A/t/oU/
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adjective (a)
- (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected(adj.all)Example:
A legato passage.
source: wordnet30 - Connected; tied; -- a term used when successive tones are to be produced in a closely connected, smoothly gliding manner. It is often indicated by a tie, thus &?;, &?;, or &?;, &?;, written over or under the notes to be so performed; -- opposed to staccato.(adjective)source: webster1913
adverb (r)
- connecting the notes; in music(adv.all)Example:
Play this legato, please.
source: wordnet30
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