glissandos

Variant of glissando

glissando definition

glis·sando (gli sän′dō; also, -san′-)

noun pl. glissandi -·di (-dē) or glissandos -·dos

  1. 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
  2. a passage having this effect

Etymology: formed as if It prp. equiv. to Fr glissant, prp. of glisser, to slide: see glissade

adjective, adverb

(performed) with such an effect

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