staccato

/stəˈkɑˌtoʊ/

short, detached notes

staccato in a sentence

“The staccato passage was crisp and percussive.”

Italian staccato detached, from staccare to detach

Related Words

vibrato

slight, rapid variation in pitch for expressiveness

pizzicato

plucking strings instead of using the bow

glissando

a slide from one note to another

arpeggio

notes of a chord played in succession

counterpoint

the technique of combining melodies

dissonance

a combination of tones that sounds unstable