Portamento

Portamento vs slide

Portamento vs slide
  1. What is the difference between portamento and glissando?
  2. What is a portamento in music?
  3. What is a glide in music?

What is the difference between portamento and glissando?

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 portamento in music?

In music, portamento (plural: portamenti, from old Italian: portamento, meaning "carriage" or "carrying") is a pitch sliding from one note to another.

What is a glide in music?

glide2 noun [countable] 1 a smooth quiet movement that seems to take no effort2 technical the act of moving from one musical note to another without a break in sound3 technical a vowel which is made by moving your tongue from one position to another → diphthongExamples from the Corpusglide• See them nose the long ...

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