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glissando
[ gli-sahn-doh ]
adjective
- performed with a gliding effect by sliding one or more fingers rapidly over the keys of a piano or strings of a harp.
noun
- a glissando passage.
- (in string playing) a slide.
glissando
/ ɡlɪˈsændəʊ /
noun
- a rapidly executed series of notes on the harp or piano, each note of which is discretely audible
- a portamento, esp as executed on the violin, viola, etc
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Example Sentences
Her performance in A Star Is Born was a kind of glissando between skill sets.
Among special effects the glissando is really beautiful when properly done.
Various effects can be obtained on the harp: by harmonics, by damping, by guitar tones, by the glissando.
Will you describe the best method of holding the hand when playing glissando?
The fact that the tone is passed over glissando eliminates it from the scale.
In the second measure there is an almost inaudible tone at the end of the glissando.
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