Marcato

/mɑːkˈɑːtəʊ/

/mɑːɹkˈɑːɾoʊ/

[noun]

Marcato

[NOUN]

a musical term indicating that a note or passage should be played with a marked emphasis or accent

Examples

1. (bang) marcato can also be applied to whole sections, where it tends to mean that each note should be accented with strong initial attacks, kind of like the opposite of legato.

2. (bang) there's also some more advanced techniques like marcato, meaning marked, which is basically a combination of an accent and staccato.