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US
/ɫəˈɡɑˌtoʊ/
]
[ UK /lɛɡˈɑːtəʊ/ ]
[ UK /lɛɡˈɑːtəʊ/ ]
ADVERB
-
connecting the notes; in music
play this legato, please
ADJECTIVE
-
(music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected
a legato passage
How To Use legato In A Sentence
- He could sustain long, singing legato lines without becoming dependent on the pedal.
- Do you like to be deeply involved in all the daily detail, or are you a willing delegator?
- He would deny the allegation, and, as the politician said, "defy the allegator. History of the University of North Carolina. Volume I: From its Beginning to the Death of President Swain, 1789-1868
- Ultimately, this existing delegatory process has allowed the health-care system to function as well as it has with existing doctor/patient ratios. IndyStar.com Top Stories
- The solution that is usually put forward is "effective time management", such as only checking emails once a day or becoming an expert delegator. Stop the clock: time shouldn't be tied to timepieces
- Exercises for developing sostenuto, legato, trill, rapid scales, messa di voce and other vocal techniques are included.
- Legato is not necessarily a physical connection but an aural effect, a sweetness of sound, determined by the character of touch.
- A variety of articulations are found in these pieces, including legato, staccato, two-note slurs, tenuti, portatos and accents.
- Those who heard Schumann play say that he used the pedal persistently, sometimes twice in the same bar to avoid harmonic confusion; and the same is true of Chopin, concerning whose playing an English amateur says, after referring to his _legatissimo_ touch: "The wide arpeggios in the left hand, _maintained in a continuous stream of tone_ by the strict legato and fine and constant use of the damper pedal, formed an harmonious substructure for a wonderfully poetic _cantabile_. Chopin and Other Musical Essays
- Almost all the double-note passages are to be played legato and have no fingerings to help the nonprofessional.