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
Standard notation indicates legato either with the word legato, or by a slur (a curved line) under notes that form one legato group. Legato, like staccato, is a kind of articulation. There is an intermediate articulation called either mezzo staccato or non-legato (sometimes referred to as  portato ).