Brett Marshall - Prayin For Daylight

LEGATO (legbto, ital., Letters. - connected, smoothly, from legare - to connect) - a connected performance of sounds when they seem to pass one into another. Opposite staccato. Graphically indicated by league. With the help of L., sounds are combined into one phrase: the performance of L. contributes to the perception of the melody as a melody. In singing and playing brass muses. L. instruments is caused by the fact that the air stream is not interrupted when several sounds with different heights are extracted. On the strings. L. stringed instruments are achieved by playing a series of sounds one bow up or down. On keyboard instruments, to achieve L., the key is released only shortly before the finger hits the other key (sometimes even a little later). In the art of performance in fp. with its rapidly fading sound, mastery of the L. technique is of particular importance.The designations ben legato and legatissimo prescribe a very coherent performance, the designation non legato - performance, a cross between portato and staccato.