Play this legato, please. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A legato passage. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The word "legato," used often by Chopin here, is regrettably a marking that is too rarely fully applied. From Wordnik.com. [More Than Mere Exercises] Reference
I guess I'm writing more staccato than I am legato. From Wordnik.com. [Lacking a Good Entry Title] Reference
Gazing down upon her a moment, he said in his soft legato. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
‘Adagio molto espressivo, sempre legato,’ she read next. From Wordnik.com. [The Wrong Box] Reference
In musical terms, long chats were legato; short chats, staccato. From Wordnik.com. [Sharon Glassman: E. Postmodern On E-tiquette] Reference
The glorious nobleness of the voice, the legato-lines, the phrasing. From Wordnik.com. [Gods, Kings & Demons] Reference
And yet he's able to calmly explain legato to his violin-playing grandson. From Wordnik.com. [Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Every Day] Reference
The notation, however, implies that one should hear it move legato downward. From Wordnik.com. [Early Music: An Exchange] Reference
L'escalier du diable: Presto legato ma leggiero, Aimard Sony 7. Robert Schumann. From Wordnik.com. [Reference Tracks] Reference
"It fuses electronic beats and sounds with a full legato orchestra," he explained. From Wordnik.com. [Jon Chattman: Serj Tankian Talks Politics and Finds the Art of "Imperfection"] Reference
In Act II, transformed into a Wili, her long legato phrasing was utterly ravishing. From Wordnik.com. [Meet New ABT Phenom, Natalia Osipova] Reference
The entire performance was at a funereal pace, which Paula referred to as "legato.". From Wordnik.com. [Michael Giltz: American Idol -- Top 9: Kris Allen Shines] Reference
I didn't copy them, but I tried to follow their example and sing as legato as possible. From Wordnik.com. [The King of the Lyric Basses] Reference
The plot is unusually taut, and he writes with the legato phrasing of a great composer. From Wordnik.com. [The Corpses Of Summer] Reference
On a technical level, Herbert would do well to sustain more legato phrasing on his lines. From Wordnik.com. [Rodney Punt: Schubert's Winterreise from Le Salon de Musiques] Reference
Graceful women in glittering costumes form a legato flow of anatomy-defying curves and angles. From Wordnik.com. [Earth in Flower book review - Theater Research International | Angkor Wat Apsara & Devata: Khmer Women in Divine Context] Reference
I learn up bow and down bow, the golden mean, staccato and legato, sul tasto and sul ponticello. From Wordnik.com. [A Traitor to Memory]
Was tickled by some of the errors in the Spanish subtitles btw -- 'doctor' rhythm for dotted rhythm, 'letargo' for legato. From Wordnik.com. [Bravo Solti] Reference
With a barely perceptible increase in tempo, she repeated her first phrase, no longer a longing legato, but a mocking staccato. From Wordnik.com. [The Ship Who Sang]
Perhaps legato should always be marked legatissimo -- it would get the pianist's attention and then we might have a real legato!. From Wordnik.com. [More Than Mere Exercises] Reference
Avoiding the tendency to phrase in a clipped/chirpy/non-legato/non-supported way, even if the affect calls for a more angular shape. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
More often than not his touch was legato and placid. From Wordnik.com. [timesunion.com: Siena Women's Basketball] Reference
If you do not play legato, portamento will be inactive. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Also try skipping some notes in similar runs, try legato. From Wordnik.com. [All Updates @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com] Reference
Scotto's top never settles, and in legato lines, a wobble interferes. From Wordnik.com. [Opera Today] Reference
Try all of your legato licks, arpeggios, string skips, anything really. From Wordnik.com. [All Updates @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com] Reference
I enjoyed the cadenza-like spot with left-hand pizzicato over a legato line. From Wordnik.com. [Violinist.com] Reference
He made particularly lovely music with the long, legato passages of the four pieces. From Wordnik.com. [JSOnline.com] Reference
Blue, that have equal footing in legato-loving jazz, out blues and frenetic space funk. From Wordnik.com. [The Clog] Reference
The same vitality of articulation -- forte e legato -- marks the F Major, which lapses for a few bars into D Minor. From Wordnik.com. [Audiophile Audition Headlines] Reference
Among the nuances of multiple layers of Velocity, Humanizing, legato and vibrato, pools and Hummers, slides and much more. From Wordnik.com. [AvaxHome RSS:] Reference
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