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Also known as tenere

In musical notation, tenuto (Italian, past participle of tenere, ), written as a horizontal bar above or below a note, is a direction for the performer to hold or sustain a note for its full length.

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{{Image frame|content= { \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c { a4-- b-- c2-- }

} |width=120|caption=Three notes with tenuto marks}}

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