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## Articulation tools

Each button adds the indicated mark to a selected note or group of notes; the center button changes the note back to its "plain" form. These can be combined where reasonable; for example it's possible to combine staccato and tenuto marks to indicate "stressed and moderately short." These expressive marks sometimes have an imprecise meaning; following is a list of typical interpretations:

### staccato

Played somewhat shorter than the notated value.

### tenuto

Held to its full value. Also can mean a pressure accent.

### accent

A moderately sharp attack, in context of the prevailing dynamic level.

### wedge

Played very short. In modern practice also indicates martellato in string playing (heavy accent with the heel of the bow).

### tenuto/staccato

Stressed and moderately short

### tenuto/accent

Percussive, but with full value.

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