1 The IPA has often been used as a basis for creating new writing systems for previously unwritten languages. 2  The IPA is used in some foreign language text books and phrase books to transcribe the sounds of languages which are written with non-latin alphabets.
Staccato is marked in music with a small black dot placed above or below a note (not to its side like a dotted note). See staccatissimo. Also Known As: 1  detache; dÃ©tachÃ© (Pique).  piquÃ© fr
Staccato. Staccato is Italian for 'detached'. When we apply this to musical notes, we literally aim to make the notes sound separate from notes played around it. We do this by not allowing the note to sustain or ring. We play the note, and then we immediately deaden the note and stop it ringing.hen you asked to play something staccato it will look something like this: The thing we are looking for that tells us to play staccato are those little black dots in the music notation. Those are the staccato dots.