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Technically, gliss on black keys. Practically use white - it doesn't hurt so much.
- How do you get the glissando on black keys?
- How do you notate a piano glissando?
- What is a glissando note?
- What are the white notes called?
How do you get the glissando on black keys?
To play a glissando on the black keys, here is what you do:
- Stiffen your fingers on your hand so that you fingers are curved with your fingernails pointing upward.
- Using the first line from your palm to your fingers, press each black key in the glissando.
- End on the note as written in your score.
How do you notate a piano glissando?
The glissando is indicated by following the initial note with a line, sometimes wavy, in the desired direction, often accompanied by the abbreviation gliss.. Occasionally, the desired notes are notated in the standard method (i.e. semiquavers) accompanied by the word 'glissando'.
What is a glissando note?
In music a glissando is a slide up or down the notes of a scale. The plural is “glissandi”. ... With the singing voice, or with an instrument such as the trombone or a string instrument a glissando is a smooth slide in which the pitch gradually changes, becoming higher and higher.
What are the white notes called?
The white piano keys are known as the natural keys, because they sound a natural note as opposed to the sharps and flats of the black notes, which we'll explain in the next section.
