Legato Definition
lĭ-gätō
legatos
adjective
In a smooth, even style, with no noticeable interruption between the notes.
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noun
A passage to be played legato.
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Origin of Legato
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Borrowing from Italian legato, past participle of legare (“to tie up, tie together, to bind"), learned borrowing from Latin ligō (“tie, bind").
From Wiktionary
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Italian past participle of legare to bind, tie together from Latin ligāre leig- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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