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Topic: What does LH quasi legato mean?  (Read 1449 times)

Offline 1piano4joe

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What does LH quasi legato mean?
on: October 29, 2020, 04:13:42 PM
Hi all,

"Caribbean Mood" by Christopher Norton in "Connections 5 for Piano" has an indication that says, "LH quasi legato".

Almost legato? What does that mean? Portato? I don't know.

Resembling legato? As if it were?  Not too legato?

Compared to "FULL" legato? What in the world is full legato?

Is there, like pedaling, 1/4 legato and 1/2 legato.

I just don't understand.

Thank you, Joe.

Offline themeandvariation

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Re: What does LH quasi legato mean?
Reply #1 on: October 29, 2020, 04:58:14 PM
Just play detached, so the one note's sound doesn't connect with the next.  No need to be more specific than that.
Here is someone playing it:

4'33"
 

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