About The Word Glissando
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Glissando
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What's The Definition Of Glissando?
[n] a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale
[adv] (musical direction) in the manner of a glissando (with a rapidly executed series of notes); "this should be played glissando, please" Synonyms | Synonyms for Glissando: Related Terms | Find terms related to Glissando: avalanche | cantando | coast | demilegato | execution | expression | fingering | glide | glissade | intonation | landslide | landslip | legato | mezzo staccato | music-making | parlando | performance | pianism | pizzicato | rendering | rendition | repercussion | rubato | sideslip | skid | slide | slip | slippage | slither | slur | snowslide | snowslip | spiccato | staccato | subsidence | touch See Also | air | line | melodic line | melodic phrase | melody | slide | strain | swoop | tune Glissando In Webster's Dictionary \Glis*san"do\, n. & a. [As if It. = Fr. glissant
sliding.] (Mus.)
A gliding effect; gliding.
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