Attacca indicates play through as if one piece. Segue indicates applause (possibly) but no wait for dialogue or action.
Steve P. On 14 Mar 2012, at 01:25, Mark D Lew <markd...@earthlink.net> wrote: > John Howell wrote: > >> Subtle differences. Segue ("follows") indicates >> moving directly to the next thing, which often >> requres a change of mood or meter or key, while >> attacca (which I assume means "attack"!) means >> connect without the slightest break. > > I'm at work and away from my dictionaries right now, but I'm certain that the > more direct cognate here is "attach", not "attack". Attaccare means to join > together. The "attacca" marking surely should not be read as an instruction > to *attack* the next movement! > > (Ultimately the two words are connected. Our English word "attack" derives > from the Italian phrase "attaccare battaglia", to join in battle.) > > As for the original question, I agree with the consensus that they're mostly > synonymous, but "attacca" feels like it has a slightly greater sense of > urgency than "segue". > > mdl > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale