Played smoothly and flowingly (6)

I believe the answer is:

legato

(Other definitions for legato that I've seen before include "In music, in a smooth even manner" , "Smoothly flowing (music)" , "play on without pause" , "scored smoothly" , "Don't play roughly" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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