Air-tongue-lationVisualized Articulations for Wind Players

legato/leˈɡato/ /ləˈɡɑːtəʊ/smooth and connected, with no breaks between successive notesItalian: lit. ‘bound’, past participle of legare to bind < Latin ligāre 1786 cf. ligament, ligature

tenuto/teˈnuto/held, sustainedItalian, = held Latin, tenēre to hold 1762 cf. tenure

staccato/stakˈkato/ /stəˈkɑːtəʊ/detached, disconnected, i.e. with breaks between successive notesItalian, past participle of staccare (distaccare)‘detach’ 1724 cf. tache, tack, attacca

accented /ˈækˌsɛn(t)əd/distinguished audibly with accent or stressLatin, accentus,accentare ‘to stress’1589 cf. accentuate

marcato/mɑrˈkɑˌdoʊ/(with each note played) in a distinct andemphasized mannerItalian, past participle of marcare ‘to mark’Cognate with Old Frisian, merkia ‘to notice’ 1840

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Sources: Oxford English Dictionary; August 2014 Instrumentalist via Amy Bishop Bostwick in FaceBook Band Directors Group. © Kyle Vogele, 2014