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@Lavy-the-Nerdy-Sci-Fi-Birdy
-_- Squinting Lemme think here, I used to take piano lessons….
@Lavy-the-Nerdy-Sci-Fi-Birdy
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)
@ShadeStar
It's a slurred staccato. what the heck? I think it means short, but connected.
@Lavy-the-Nerdy-Sci-Fi-Birdy
???
Music is so freaking weird sometimes
@ShadeStar
Yeah, by the way the bar means there eighth notes and get half a beat to play.
@Lavy-the-Nerdy-Sci-Fi-Birdy
I wasn't sure. Thanks!
@ShadeStar
Your welcome.
@Wry_Wyvern
Staccato=separated
Legato=connected
Technically it is impossible to play that right; just use your musical instincts and do what sounds good.
@kat_i_am
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
Deleted user
Wait, what are you playing? If its a wind instrument, just do the stacatos in one breath
@ShadeStar
PORTATO
@Becfromthedead group
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.
@kat_i_am
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
@Becfromthedead group
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.
@kat_i_am
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
@yeetus
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.
@ravens
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
@Lavy-the-Nerdy-Sci-Fi-Birdy
Oh okay!
@ShadeStar
…………………………………………………………………………..I should have known that. I love that song. Also still, it did get people on the forum conversing soooooo.
@Becfromthedead group
Yeah, lol I almost forgot this was something that existed.