Guitar Staccato Technique

                             Guitar Staccato Technique

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Today I will talk about 'staccato' or guitar staccato technique,

 as well described in wikipedia :

 Staccato (Italian for detached) is a form of musical articulation.
 In modern notation it signifies a note of shortened duration,
 separated from the note that may follow by silence.

It has been described by theorists and

appeared in music since the 18th century.



How to obtain a good staccato

To obtain a staccato sound on classical guitar,

there are at least two possibilities



1) with the left hand reducing pressure on fingers

without detaching them from the guitar string.

2) stopping the strings with the right hand,

 after having played,  leaning over .

in this case the right hand will have to stop and

 then immediately play again




When I decided to compose a piece with

 Guitar Staccato Technique

I've just decided to name this piece Ghost 

because it It seems a short word

for guitar staccato technique : G.(ho)S.T.

you can find Ghost free PDF scores and guitar Tabs at my website :

https://www.classicalguitarvideo.com/teachpag/danielemaglimusic.html

This thing has given me the inspiration also because

 a note staccato is also a ghost note

so I decided to keep even in shadow  the tonic note, 

so the tonic note there is but is not seen just as a ghost...


Staccato technique requires lots of practice,

especially right hand staccato

so if you like my composition Ghost

at this link of this Blog you can find the free guitar TABS

Ghost Guitar TABS 

at this link of Google Drive you have the PDF 

Ghost free PDF score



and this is my video interpretation on YouTube

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                                 Daniele Magli plays Ghost with staccato chords 

                                    

   
                                Staccato notes are also the first notes of my piece  The Time Machine

                                      

Free PDF score of The Time Machine :

The Time Machine free PDF