Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.In musical notation the Italian word legato indicates that musical notes are played or sung smoothly and connected. That is, in transitioning from note to note, there should be no intervening silence. Legato technique is required for slurred performance, but unlike slurring, legato does not forbid rearticulation. In standard notation legato is indicated either with the word legato itself, or by a slur under the notes that are to be joined in one legato group. Legato, like staccato, is a kind of articulation. There is an intermediate articulation called either mezzo staccato or non-legato.