THE ORCHESTRA: A USER'S MANUAL

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Section: Brass
Transposing? No

Construction
Range
Articulations
Effects
Mutes
Extended
Player's Tips and Tricks

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Articulations

NAME
DESCRIPTION
NOTATION
LISTEN/VIEW
COMMENTS
legato
played without tonguing
lower register
upper register
 
nonlegato
each individual note tongued and separated
lower register
upper register
 
staccato
short and separated notes (all tongued)
lower register
upper register
 
staccatissimo
very short notes (tongued)
Either a verbal indication, thus:


or 'wedge' notation, as follows:
lower register
upper register
 
'tenuto' and other markings
variations on the above articulations
This is often called 'tenuto':

Here's another common variation of nonlegato:

and three less common variations of legato:



lower register
upper register
Opinions vary widely as to the meaning of these symbols!
double and triple tonguing
partial tonguing in groups of two or three (e.g. on syllables ta-ka, or ta-ka-ka) to give a very rapid articulation
double tonguing

triple tonguing
double and triple tonguing
double
triple
 
flutter tonguing
a rolled 'r' tonguing
fluttertonguing