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Vinony

glissando

noun

  1. glide from one pitch to another
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Italian glissandobor. English glissando Borrowed from Italian glissando.

  1. Either a continuous sliding from one pitch to another ("true" glissando), or an incidental scale played while moving from one melodic note to another ("effective" glissando).

    “After another alternation of the two elements, there is a more playful episode, in which flute and bassoon take up the first element, with swooping glissando on the ondes Martenot.”

  2. A method of playing an electric guitar in which a metal bar is held at right angles across the strings and rapidly moved up and down, creating a smooth, lush sound.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Italian glissandobor. English glissando Borrowed from Italian glissando.

  1. To play with a glissando or sliding effect.