Barry, "stacc. abbreviated form of staccato (Italian: detached, separated) staccare (Italian) to detach, to separate each note" The word has its natural meaning, in other words. Stacatissimo is what some people think it means, but it doesn't!
John ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of [email protected] [[email protected]] Sent: 20 June 2011 17:53 To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [NSP] Re: Deaf/dead Quoting [email protected]: > < OK, I shouldn't have called it staccato, > > > > Unfortunately some people do seem to think staccato means "short". > Chris, May I point you to the Dolmetsch dictionary http://www.dolmetsch.com/defss4.htm Personally, staccato is a word I use for musical effects and never for a piping style. I think it merely confuses matters. Barry To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
