Nicely put, and succinctly to boot!
C
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>From: [email protected]
>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gibbons, John
>Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 12:38 AM
>To: [email protected]
>Cc: [email protected]
>Subject: [NSP] Re: Deaf/dead
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>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
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>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".
>>
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>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
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