Possible Clues:

• With notes short and separated (music)
• Legato's opposite
• With notes sharply separated (music)
• Tiger, for example is up and down in such a way of playing
• Cut short in performing
• In old musical coming back, one of its characters played in detached manner
• Disconnection noted, so whips round with whip-round
• Are toccatas played thus?
• Back-to-back felines inside so disconnected
• So it's about the cat jumping up and down, by the sound of it