Definition of Glissando

1. Adverb. (musical direction) in the manner of a glissando (with a rapidly executed series of notes). "This should be played glissando, please"

Category relationships: Music

2. Noun. A rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale.
Specialized synonyms: Slide, Swoop
Generic synonyms: Air, Line, Melodic Line, Melodic Phrase, Melody, Strain, Tune

Definition of Glissando

1. n. & a. A gliding effect; gliding.

Definition of Glissando

1. Noun. (music) A musical term that refers to either a continuous sliding one pitch to another (or "true" glissando), or an incidental scale played while moving from one melodic note to another (or "effective" glissando). ¹

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Definition of Glissando

1. [n -DOS or -DI]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glissando

gliquidone
glires
gliricidia
glirid
glirids
glisk
glisks
gliss
glissade
glissaded
glissader
glissaders
glissades
glissading
glissandi
glissando (current term)
glissandoes
glissandos
glissette
glissettes
glissonitis
glist
glisten
glistened
glistening
glisteningly
glistens
glister
glistered
glistering

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