legatoとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Italian legato, past participle of legare (“to tie up, tie together, to bind”), learned borrowing from Latin ligō (“tie, bind”). Doublet of ligate.

発音

• (英国発音) enPR: lə-gäʹtō, IPA: /ləˈɡɑ.təʊ/
• (米国発音) enPR: lə-gäʹtō, IPA: /ləˈɡɑ.toʊ/
• 韻: -ɑːtəʊ
• ハイフネーション: le‧ga‧to

副詞

legato (not comparable)

1. (music) Smoothly, in a connected manner.

   Antonyms: portato, staccato

   Play this passage legato, not portato.

派生語

関連する語

• legatissimo

名詞

legato (countable and uncountable, plural legatos)

1. (music) A style of performance characterized by smoothly connected notes.
   • 1936, Edward E. Cramer, The Basis of Artistry in Violin Playing, page 49:

     It is the coördination of the finger and hand as examplified in the proportionate speed of shifting according to the speed of the musical passage, which makes for evenness, continuity, smoothness, and ultimately, a fine legato.

   • 1979, Leslie Sheppard, Herbert R. Axelrod ·, Paganini, page 604:

     At the end of the prelude of Caprice V, there is a chromatic ascending and descending scale of forty-eight notes to be played in one bow in legato.

   • 1989, Siglind Bruhn, Guidelines to Piano Interpretation, page 97:

     Clementi, in his "Introduction to the art of playing the piano-forte" (1801) still had to advise pianists that : "the best general rule is to keep the keys of the instrument suppressed during the whole length of the note" (p.8) and "whenver the composer leaves the legato or staccato to the taste of the performer, the best rule is to use the legato in most cases and to reserve the staccato in order to give particular passages more spirit and to enhance the higher beauties of the legato."

   • 2025 March 4, Jonah Weiner, quoting Robert Pattinson, “The ‘Parasite’ Director Brings Class Warfare to Outer Space”, in The New York Times Magazine‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     “ […] If you’re shooting an entire scene, there’s a more legato rhythm, a crest and a fall, some gradation. But you don’t really need it for the style of performance Bong [Joon Ho] wants, and that frees you up to do these very discordant turns: If you’re just doing one line, you can do maximum intensity out of nowhere.

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2. (music) A passage that is played legato.
   • 1893, The Organ: Monthly Journal Devoted to the King of Instruments, page 198:

     It schools the mind to watch for the legato all the time, as its absence at the organ is mor prominent than at the piano; but beyond this point it renders little assitance to the pianist.

   • 1958, József Gát, The Technique of Piano Playing, page 95:

     A good pianist, however, will make his audience believe that he is as capable of performing a legato as is a singer or violinist.

   • 2000, Chroma Report, page 15:

     Legatos are indicated in both notations by a bow between respective notes.

アナグラム

• Goleta, gelato

名詞

lēgātō m

1. dative/ablative singular of lēgātus

Participle

lēgātō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of lēgātus