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Articulation

Meaning in music, with examples

nounCommon term

In music, articulation means: The way notes are started, connected, separated, or accented in performance, shaping clarity and musical character.

In Turkish: artikülasyon

How it is used

Discussed in lessons, rehearsals, and scores. Articulation includes choices such as legato, staccato, accents, and detached playing.

Example sentences

  1. The brass section fixed the passage once everyone matched articulation, especially the short accents at the start of each bar.

    Here articulation means the shared way of attacking and shortening notes, which makes the section sound unified.

  2. Her articulation in the Bach excerpt was so clean that even fast runs sounded organized rather than blurred.

    In this example, articulation refers to precise note shaping that keeps rapid musical details clear to the listener.

Common collocations

  • clear articulation
  • articulation marks
  • match articulation
  • scoreWritten music that shows all the parts of a piece together, one above the other. It also means the original music written for a film, series or game.
  • noteA single musical sound with a particular pitch and length, or the written symbol that shows it. In English, notes are named with the letters A to G.

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