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: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] on behalf of barr...@nspipes.co.uk [barr...@nspipes.co.uk] Sent: 20 June 2011 17:53 To: christopher.bi...@ec.europa.eu Cc: rich...@lizards.force9.co.uk; nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [NSP] Re: Deaf/dead Quoting christopher.bi...@ec.europa.eu: > < 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
