: How many dots do I need to denote a staccato of a chord with notes really close to each other? When I want to denote the staccato of a chord with some notes that are really close, like this: Do I need a dot over each note?

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Staccato is stem specific rather than head specific. Thus one dot will suffice. The other way would be to make the note actually exactly as long (short!) as you want, then put the appropriate rest. Staccato itself, to me, is a bit vague, and can be interpreted in subtly different ways, as far as note length - brevity - is concerned.