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legato

indicates that musical notes are played or sung smoothly and connected
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Summary

legato is an articulation[1]. legato draws 2,014 Wikipedia views per month (articulation category, ranking #2 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: stroke technique[3]
  • Subclass of: articulation[4]
  • Commons category: Legato[5]
  • Language of work or name: Italian[6]
  • Opposite of: staccato[7]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[8], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Riemann's Music Dictionary[10], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11]

Why It Matters

legato has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] legato is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_legato_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{legato}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/legato}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-11}}
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  1. 4d ago · Pere prlpz · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Gran enciclopèdia catalana id → legato
    Language of work or name → Italian
    Wikipedia languages → ['be', 'be_x_old', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'f
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Gran enciclopèdia catalana id: legato, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/289934|batch #289934]]"
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