legato
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian legato, past participle of legare (“to tie up, tie together, to bind”), learned borrowing from Latin ligō (“tie, bind”). Doublet of ligate.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) enPR: lə-gäʹtō, IPA(key): /ləˈɡɑ.təʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) enPR: lə-gäʹtō, IPA(key): /ləˈɡɑ.toʊ/
- Rhymes: -ɑːtəʊ
- Hyphenation: le‧ga‧to
Adverb edit
legato (not comparable)
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Noun edit
legato (countable and uncountable, plural legatos)
- (music) A style of performance characterized by smoothly connected notes.
- 1936, Edward E. Cramer, The Basis of Artistry in Violin Playing, page 49:
- It is the coördination of the finger and hand as examplified in the proportionate speed of shifting according to the speed of the musical passage, which makes for evenness, continuity, smoothness, and ultimately, a fine legato.
- 1979, Leslie Sheppard, Herbert R. Axelrod ·, Paganini, page 604:
- At the end of the prelude of Caprice V, there is a chromatic ascending and descending scale of forty-eight notes to be played in one bow in legato.
- 1989, Siglind Bruhn, Guidelines to Piano Interpretation, page 97:
- Clementi, in his "Introduction to the art of playing the piano-forte" (1801) still had to advise pianists that : "the best general rule is to keep the keys of the instrument suppressed during the whole length of the note" (p.8) and "whenver the composer leaves the legato or staccato to the taste of the performer, the best rule is to use the legato in most cases and to reserve the staccato in order to give particular passages more spirit and to enhance the higher beauties of the legato."
- (music) A passage that is played legato.
- 1893, The Organ: Monthly Journal Devoted to the King of Instruments, page 198:
- It schools the mind to watch for the legato all the time, as its absence at the organ is mor prominent than at the piano; but beyond this point it renders little assitance to the pianist.
- 1958, József Gát, The Technique of Piano Playing, page 95:
- A good pianist, however, will make his audience believe that he is as capable of performing a legato as is a singer or violinist.
- 2000, Chroma Report, page 15:
- Legatos are indicated in both notations by a bow between respective notes.
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Anagrams edit
Esperanto edit
Etymology 1 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
legato (accusative singular legaton, plural legatoj, accusative plural legatojn)
- singular present nominal passive participle of legi
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
legato (accusative singular legaton, plural legatoj, accusative plural legatojn)
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
legato (uncountable, accusative legaton)
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
legato m (plural legatos)
Further reading edit
- “legato”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From legare.
Adjective edit
legato (feminine legata, masculine plural legati, feminine plural legate, superlative legatissimo)
Participle edit
legato (feminine legata, masculine plural legati, feminine plural legate)
- past participle of legare
Further reading edit
- legato1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
legato m (plural legati)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- legato2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /leːˈɡaː.toː/, [ɫ̪eːˈɡäːt̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /leˈɡa.to/, [leˈɡäːt̪o]
Noun edit
lēgātō m
Participle edit
lēgātō
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Italian legato.
Adverb edit
legato
Swedish edit
Adverb edit
legato (not comparable)
Noun edit
legato n
Declension edit
Declension of legato | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | legato | legatot | legaton | legatona |
Genitive | legatos | legatots | legatons | legatonas |