Legato is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.
You can make 123 anagrams from letters in legato (aeglot).
1805-15; Italian, past participle of legare Latin ligāre to bind
Do not take the over-smart differentiations of legato seriously.
legato means "bound together," for which we substitute the word "connected."
The 'cello murmured a gentle undertone; the first violin sang as sweetly and delicately as a bird, her legato perfect.
This is the device which enables the pianist to play staccato or legato.
The Trio in B flat has a tripping theme for the viola, legato and staccato bowing in the same "figure."
Like all love-songs it is legato, andante, and pianissimo, but at the same time noticeably original and characteristic.
Slurs indicate either a legato touch or the grouping of the notes.
The basis of phrasing then, may be found in legato, sostenuto and contrast.
In every school of singing the roulade is effected by means of the staccato and legato.
When he attempts the dramatic he finds that it destroys his legato.