forum Music

Started August 04, 2018 by @ravens

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so uh am I supposed to play this staccato or legato or what

-_- Squinting Lemme think here, I used to take piano lessons….

Okay, the numbers are more then likely which fingers your supposed to use, I can't remember what the bar connecting the notes mean, but the dots mean stuccato (Idk if I spelled that right)

It's a slurred staccato. what the heck? I think it means short, but connected.

???
Music is so freaking weird sometimes

Yeah, by the way the bar means there eighth notes and get half a beat to play.

I wasn't sure. Thanks!

Your welcome.

Staccato=separated
Legato=connected
Technically it is impossible to play that right; just use your musical instincts and do what sounds good.

ShadeStar was right, they need to be clearly defined, but played smoothly
so don't slur them all together
use v light tonguing
wait that's a wind instrument term
IDK what you're playing

Wait, what are you playing? If its a wind instrument, just do the stacatos in one breath

PORTATO

Yes! That’s the word. Portato is not staccato or legato, but somewhere in between. The notes are relatively detached from one another, but held for full value (similar to the tenuto, but not really.) The bass notes should still be staccato, though. You’re best off taking that term and doing some research, because it’s hard to demonstrate with words. Try finding a video in which someone demonstrates how to play portato, and that should probably help.

WOW I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS A WORD
WHY DIDN'T I LEARN THIS IN MY IB MUSIC CLASS THAT WAS V THEORY HEAVY

I took a college level theory class, and I sure didn’t learn that there. It’s more of one of those things you don’t know about until you stumble across it in music. I was lucky enough that my piano teacher helped me with it.

Yeah, IB is also college level lol
Wow that's wild
I feel like that would've been super helpful a year or two again lol, when my band had a piece with a lot of those

It's also called mezzo staccato so (I'm assuming that's a piano score) play it detached but don't "bounce" and shorten it as you would play a staccato.
And yes I've had them. A lot.

Just to clarify a bit: I'm playing piano. I have for three and a half years. The song in particular is In the Hall of the Mountain King, which is staccato for almost the entire piece. I think it's just a typo.
it was supposed to be kind of a joke

Oh okay!

…………………………………………………………………………..I should have known that. I love that song. Also still, it did get people on the forum conversing soooooo.

Yeah, lol I almost forgot this was something that existed.