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Portato: They look like staccatos, but there’s a slur.

Staccatissimo: An exaggerated staccato.

The notes are on fire! The opposite of a slur.

Staccato: Lift up your fingers quickly.

Instead, you hold for the combined total of the notes. You play the first note, but not the second. Create a break in the sound between slurs to mimic punctuation.

When you play a slur, you’re playing legato, which is Italian for smoothly.

So without further ado, let’s get to it! slurs, phrasing and ties So it’s important that we notice and perform all the piano articulations, instead of ignoring them all and just playing the notes, and nothing else.Īrticulating your music is the difference between someone who mumbles incoherently, and someone who speaks clearly and effectively.

Music is a type of language – completely unique to spoken languages, but a language nonetheless. It means following general sentence structure, and inserting breaks and commas in the right place, as well as taking breaths at the end of a sentence (and not halfway through a sentence). It means speaking clearly and pronouncing your words properly. What does articulation mean with language? Same goes for the following blog post – you can use it as a reference if you’d like! My goal today is to keep this video short, snappy, and to the point. They affect the way you play a note, or notes. In case you’re not sure what I’m talking about, musical articulation is what we call all of those random symbols, like staccatos and accents. In today’s video, we’re going to briefly talk about why articulation is so important, and look at a bunch of different piano articulations you’ll come across in your journey. Articulation in music is one of the most important things to grasp.