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glissando

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1. glissando - Noun

2. glissando - Verb

3. glissando - Adverb

Meaning

A gliding effect; gliding.

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this should be played glissando, please Source: Internet

'Harmonic', 'inverted', 'broken' or 'false' glissandos are those that cross one or more harmonic series, requiring a simulated or faked glissando effect. Source: Internet

Maurice Ravel's piece Alborada del Gracioso contains notable piano glissando passages in thirds executed by the right hand. Source: Internet

Sometimes slide dampening can make the new note sound "bent" or as if there is a glissando from the dampened note to the ringing one, as the two notes normally ring together for some short period of time. Source: Internet

Every pitch in a glissando must have the same harmonic number, and a tritone is the largest interval that can be performed as a glissando. Source: Internet

String harmonic glissandi are discussed pp. 132-33; horn glissandi pp. 252-254 'Continuous glissando' or portamento Musical instruments with continuously variable pitch can effect a portamento over a substantial range. Source: Internet

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