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separate-bow string playing, normally with one bow stroke per note; write détaché in full
How is détaché played?
On bowed strings, play successive notes with separate bow strokes, normally alternating bow direction while keeping the changes controlled. Basic détaché is not automatically short, accented or separated by an audible gap; sharper variants such as martelé add their own attack conditions. Unslurred string notes are often realised with separate bows, but the exact stroke, length and emphasis follow tempo, style and local notation. In broader French usage the word can mean detached or staccato-like, so confirm that the context is specifically string bowing.
How does détaché sound?
Notes sound clean and individually defined, each on its own bow, without sharp accent or clipping.
In context
French détaché literally means detached and is a standard family of separate-bow string strokes. Specialist evidence distinguishes basic connected-sounding détaché from shorter or hammered variants. The candidate forms dét., Det. and det belong to isolated legends or internal labels and do not meet the three-source threshold for a general public abbreviation.
Equivalent terms
- IT staccato
- IT détaché
- DE detachiert
- DE gestoßen
- EN detached