Glissando Definition

glĭ-sändō
glissandi, glissandos
noun
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.
Webster's New World
A passage having this effect.
Webster's New World
(music) A musical term that refers to either a continuous sliding one pitch to another ("true" glissando), or an incidental scale played while moving from one melodic note to another ("effective" glissando).
Wiktionary
adjective
(performed) With such an effect.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Glissando

Noun

Singular:
glissando
Plural:
glissandi, glissandoes, glissandos

Origin of Glissando

  • French glissade glissade -ando (as in accelerando)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Glissando Sentence Examples

  • At the end, the oboe motive returns, to be dismissed by a final harp glissando.

  • It is played glissando, mainly on the upper string but with some heterophony from the thumb on the lower string.

  • The cat motif is a curious twist of notes with a small upward glissando to represent its tail.

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ODONDO

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