From "picar" [to mince] ?; Veiga de Oliveira describes 3 types, the main form of which he divides in 2 subtypes (Picado of the right and Picado of the left hand), either of which is a kind of "mordent" [➺ NB²], executed with 1 finger or 2-4 fingers simultaneously; NB¹: ➺ Acento, and Picado (types); NB²: Johann Sebastian Bach’s famous Toccata and Fugue in d minor (BWV 565) starts with a mordent (a-g-a ["coupled" in the 1st and 2nd octave]).