glissando

/ɡlɪsˈændə‍ʊ/

/ɡlɪsˈændoʊ/

Glissando

a musical technique that involves sliding one or more fingers or the entire hand across the keys of a piano or the strings of a stringed instrument to produce a continuous, sliding sound

glissando

[ADVERB]

(musical direction) in the manner of a glissando (with a rapidly executed series of notes)

Examples

1. - She glissandos so well. -

2. He says, glissando.

3. But obviously the actor or the violinist here didn't play the glissando.

4. Her glissando up to key melodic notes - and vibrato is really good.

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