Guitar Technique - NORDISC Music & Text

Chapter 2, GUITAR TECHNIQUE, Page 29, ArticulationArticulationArticulation describes how you play a specific note. For example you can play a noteshort, long, or vibrate it. There are several articulation techniques applicable forguitar and the ones presented in this section include:LEGATO AND STACCATOLegato (-) means playing notes, one after the other, without any “empty spaces” betweenthem. This technique can be executed on guitar by means of hammer-on’s, pull-offs and slide.The basic procedure goes as follows: the first note is (usually) struck by the right hand, but thenext ones are created exclusively by the left hand.Staccato (‘) means playing the note very shortly/abruptly. The note will therefore soundshorter than the actual rhythmic value they are given on the music sheet. If you try to sound thenote as shortly as possible, it becomes a staccatissimo ( . ) note. You execute these techniqueby damping the strings either by your left or right hand, immediately after you have picked thestring (staccato) or faster than immediately (staccatissimo).Fig. 14Legato and StaccatoNotes2legstac.PDF