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- How do you notate a glissando?
- What is the difference between glissando and portamento?
- What is a glissando note?
- What happens during a glissando?
How do you notate a 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 the difference between glissando and portamento?
A portamento (from the French porter meaning "to carry"), like a glissando, is also when the pitch slides from one note to another. ... Most simply stated, a portamento is an ornamentation used at the end of a note to connect to it to the next, while a glissando is more of a deliberate slide between two notes.
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 happens during a glissando?
Glissando is one of the forms of playing the piano, in which you produce sounds using specific fingers by swiping them across the keys. It is an interlude that you create between the chord changes to cover up the break between the two chords.
