staccato

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The book’s 47 staccato chapters jump from one subject to another without much of a discernible pattern.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Most recently, complaints around the staccato beat from pickleball games prompted local authorities to shorten court hours and put out noise reminders.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

The progression of the façades from warm rose to pink-cream to mauve-green is knit together by the blues and sienna of the windows, anchored by the staccato pink and green water below.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025

Tilson Thomas beat out those three emphatic staccato orchestral chords — Let!

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2025

The tempo and rhythm are not affected by articulations; the staccato notes sound shorter than written only because of the extra space between them.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones