For example, "portato" is the combination of "tenuto" and "staccato". In music, the tenuto marking resembles the macron. Each note twice, one staccato, one tenuto, to show what you can do. I don't like to write piano, forte, tenuto. Its second product was Tenuto, a wearable vibrator for men. In 1982 he carried off the Belgium Tenuto Contest. Either way, the Tenuto marking indicates that a note should receive some degree of emphasis. Tenuto markings under a slur are called (for bowed strings) hook bows. Tenuto is one of the earliest directions to appear in music notation.