Common score terms, grouped by category.
Articulation
How to connect or separate notes.
- Staccato (·)스타카토
Play notes detached and short
- Legato레가토
Play notes smoothly connected
- Tenuto (−)테누토
Hold the note for its full value
- Accent (>)액센트
Emphasize the note
- Marcato마르카토
Marked and forcefully
- Portato / Louré포르타토
Slightly detached but still connected
- Slur이음줄
Connect the notes under one bow or breath
- Tie붙임줄
Join notes of the same pitch to add their values
- Fermata (𝄐)페르마타
Hold the note longer at will
- Glissando (gliss.)글리산도
Slide continuously from one pitch to another