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glissandi
Variant of glissando
noun pl. glissandi or glissandos
- a sliding effect achieved by sounding a series of adjacent tones in rapid succession, as by running a finger over the white keys of a piano
- a passage having this effect
adjective, adverb
(performed) with such an effect
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