TheHornSupremacy Registered User
Registered: 11/17/2004 | posted: 5/17/2005 at 9:33:37 AM ET Staccato.
Basically means to play the note about half of its normal value. If you were to play a series of these in a row, they would sound detached from each other.
This notation is the opposite of Portamento, which means to play the note for its full duration. The symbol for Portamento is a line (as opposed to a dot) above or below the note.
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