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Definitions for glissando
glɪˈsɑn doʊ; -diglis·san·do

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. glissandoadverb

    a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale

  2. glissandoadverb

    (musical direction) in the manner of a glissando (with a rapidly executed series of notes)

    "this should be played glissando, please"

Wiktionary

  1. glissandonoun

    A musical term that refers to either a continuous sliding one pitch to another (or "true" glissando), or an incidental scale played while moving from one melodic note to another (or "effective" glissando).

Wikipedia

  1. Glissando

    In music, a glissando (Italian: [ɡlisˈsando]; plural: glissandi, abbreviated gliss.) is a glide from one pitch to another (Play ). It is an Italianized musical term derived from the French glisser, "to glide". In some contexts, it is distinguished from the continuous portamento. Some colloquial equivalents are slide, sweep (referring to the "discrete glissando" effects on guitar and harp, respectively), bend, smear, rip (for a loud, violent gliss to the beginning of a note), lip (in jazz terminology, when executed by changing one's embouchure on a wind instrument), plop, or falling hail (a glissando on a harp using the back of the fingernails). On wind instruments, a scoop is a glissando ascending to the onset of a note achieved entirely with the embouchure.

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  1. glissando

    A glissando is a musical term referring to the technique of sliding from one note to another, producing a smooth and continuous transition. This effect can be achieved on stringed and wind instruments as well as on the piano and harp by sliding fingers, a bow, or a pick across the strings or keys. It is commonly used in various genres of music including classical, jazz, and popular music.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Glissando

    a gliding effect; gliding

  2. Etymology: [As if It. = Fr. glissant sliding.]

Wikidata

  1. Glissando

    In music, a glissando is a glide from one pitch to another. It is an Italianized musical term derived from the French glisser, to glide. In some contexts it is distinguished from the continuous portamento. Some colloquial equivalents are slide, sweep, bend, or 'smear'.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of glissando in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of glissando in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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