Staccato

Staccato (from the Italian staccarsi for "reject ( it), separated " ) is a musical articulation rule: A note is played with a special technique and sounds so shorter than it actually dictates the note value. The note is notated in the score still at its full length. The sign of staccato is a point above or below the note ( see Notation). Over longer passages can Staccato also be indicated by the word " staccato."

The staccato of fitting as the piano is achieved by the shedding of the finger from the key. In wind instruments, the corresponding sound is usually generated by an abrupt lower or cancel the air flow through the tongue, with strings accented by pronation of the right hand. The more conspicuous to the observer lifting the bow to the string contact ( arc "jumps" in the air ) are hereafter solely by the spring-back of the sheet, ie. , Without further intervention of the Streicher The bow pulls the string in the sequence practically only briefly.