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Ed Real
He made no answer, and had turned his face away from her again, and Mrs. Hall, feeling that her conversational advances were ill-timed, laid the rest of the table things in a quick staccato and whisked out of the room
Hi could you help me with the meaning of "a quick staccato" please?
thnaks in advance
2021년 7월 26일 오후 6:40
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‘Staccato’ is a musical term. It means a short, sharp sound. So she’s setting the table quickly and a bit noisily. It might be meant to show that she’s nervous.
2021년 7월 26일
Hi Ed,
I will just add a couple notes and examples.
-it is from Italian
-it is used very commonly in music playing/theory, but non-musicians will encounter it rarely (probably only in written fiction)
Think of drumming
https://youtu.be/JaGoM25tGVA?t=66
or dancers with loud shoes
https://youtu.be/cm9IYSDxagc?t=6
or knocking quickly on someone's door. A series of hard, short, fast noises.
2021년 7월 28일
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