Legato/slurred
Smoothly with no gaps between the notes
Staccato
Each note sharply detached or separate from the others
Pizzicato
Playing a string instrument by plucking
Tremolo
A very fast repetition of a single note to produce a shivering or shaking effect
Arco
Playing a string instrument with a bow.
Accent
Momentarily emphasis on a particular rhythm or melodic idea
Chromatic
A scale of a set of 12 pitches used in tonal music
Diatonic
Any stepwise arrangement of the seven “natural” pitches, forming an octave without altering the established pattern of a key or mode
The blues scale
A musical scale having intervals that mutate between major and minor and used especially in jazz