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 …

Aug 15, 2014 · While "legato on the same note" is a contradiction, you want to have this contradiction start as late in the mechanics as possible. On a violin, using a different string is a …

Apr 13, 2018 · Play the D legato into the slur, so all notes in bar 4's treble clef are played legato, i.e. play the notes as in bar 3. My argument: I've learned a general rule-of-thumb in piano to …

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 …

Apr 26, 2022 · Staccatissimo, staccato, mezzo-staccato, portato, non-legato, tenuto, legato.* For piano, what would be a (rough) numerical representation of these articulations' gap duration …

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 …

Aug 9, 2021 · 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 …

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 …

Sep 21, 2021 · Notice that the slurs go away in bar 3. That's the purpose of the sempre legato. It's saying "keep playing this as in the first two measures", rather than writing slurs through the …