Legato

Legato is one of the most fundamentalFundamentalThe lowest frequency in a harmonic series, perceived as the main pitch of a note.View full entry → articulationArticulationThe manner in which individual notes are attacked, sustained, and released.View full entry → techniques in music, requiring each note to sustain fully until the next begins with no gap or silence between them. On a pianoPianoSoft, quietView full entry →, achieving true legato demands careful finger control so that one keyKeyThe tonal centre that organises a piece of music around a specific note and scale.View full entry → is not released before the next is depressed.