What does staccatto mean ? I'm guessing it's some kind of way of playing or something like that. Could some kind person tell me how to play something staccatto
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It means the sounds aren't connected. If you just alternate pick the E string and let it ring, that's legato (connected); if you play the same thing at the same tempo, but you mute after every stroke, that's staccato.
Staccato is shown in music by dots above or below the notes.
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Just to expand a bit on NoteBoat's comment
It is really easy to use staccato when playing with bar chords to change the sound up a bit. Just after striking the chord release the tension of your fretting hand to cut the sound short.
Try something this out to get the feel of it:
Barre a G chord and play an D_DU_UD_ pattern, then slide up to an A and play a D_D_D___ pattern, using staccato for each of the downstrokes on the A chord, then back to the G chord.
Hope that helps.
Rex
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