staccato Definition

abrupt, disconnected, rhythmic, percussive, glissando, cadenced, trill, ostinato, guttural, pizzicato, rhythmical, legato, breathy, sonorous, dissonant, punchy, syncopation, plaintive, ride cymbal, syncopated, tremolos, singsong, monotone, mellifluous, arpeggios, lilting, sibilant, songlike, passagework, throaty, handclaps, crescendos, arioso, microtonal, melody, recitative, stentorian, backbeat, chordal, riffs, thuds, altissimo, tympani, rhythms, propulsive, quavers, basso profundo, polytonal, melismatic, onomatopoeic, keening, pointillistic, whispery, melodic, fugal, raspy, sinuous, unmodulated, incantatory, fortissimo, declamatory, droning, portamento, contrapuntal, toneless, intonations, accelerando, timpani, polyrhythms, melodiously, atonal, lyricism, lyrical, flutelike, trebly, unmelodic, allegro, allegretto, arco, da capo, thwacks, upbeats, decrescendo, dirgelike, basso, clacks, falsetto, yelps, toccata, punctuating, chords, whinnies, cantabile, inflected, syllables, antiphonal, crackle, patter, lento, kettledrums,