Meaning of GLISSANDO
| Pronunciation: | | gli'sândow
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- [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"
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| | See Also: | | air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, slide, strain, swoop, tune | |
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| | Definition: | | \Glis*san"do\, n. & a. [As if It. = Fr. glissant
sliding.] (Mus.)
A gliding effect; gliding.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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