legato

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
legato
    adv 1: connecting the notes; in music; "play this legato,
           please" [ant: {staccato}]
    adj 1: (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and
           connected; "a legato passage" [syn: {legato}, {smooth}]
           [ant: {disconnected}, {staccato}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Legato \Le*ga"to\ (l[asl]*g[aum]"t[-o]), a. [It., tied, joined,
   fr. legare to tie, bind, L. ligare.] (Mus.)
   Connected; tied; -- a term used when successive tones are to
   be produced in a closely connected, smoothly gliding manner.
   It is often indicated by a tie, thus ?, ?, or ?, ?, written
   over or under the notes to be so performed; -- opposed to
   {staccato}.
   [1913 Webster]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
72 Moby Thesaurus words for "legato":
      a cappella, abbandono, accrescendo, adagietto, adagio, affettuoso,
      agilmente, agitato, allegretto, allegro, amabile, amoroso, andante,
      andantino, appassionatamente, appassionato, brillante, cantando,
      capriccioso, con affetto, con agilita, con agitazione, con amore,
      crescendo, decrescendo, demilegato, diminuendo, dolce, execution,
      expression, fingering, forte, fortissimo, glissando, intonation,
      lamentabile, larghetto, larghissimo, largo, leggiero, marcando,
      mezzo staccato, morendo, music-making, parlando, performance,
      pianism, pianissimo, piano, pizzicato, prestissimo, presto,
      rallentando, rendering, rendition, repercussion, ritardando,
      ritenuto, rubato, scherzando, scherzo, scherzoso, slur, sordo,
      sotto voce, spiccato, staccato, stretto, touch, tremolando,
      tremoloso, trillando

    

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