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Definition of Portamento
1. n. In singing, or in the use of the bow, a gradual carrying or lifting of the voice or sound very smoothly from one note to another; a gliding from tone to tone.
Definition of Portamento
1. Noun. (music) A smooth, gliding transition from one note to another; used especially with stringed instruments, and sometimes on brass. ¹
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Definition of Portamento
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Portamento
Literary usage of Portamento
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Violin Playing as I Teach it by Leopold Auer (1921)
"THE portamento OR Glissando The connecting of two tones distant one from the ...
But the portamento becomes objectionable and inartistic,—resembling more ..."
2. Music of Nature, Or, An Attempt to Prove that what is Passionate and by William Gardiner (1849)
"SLIDE OR portamento. The slide is a grace of much simplicity and beauty, ...
The portamento, or carriage of the voice, as the Italians term it, ..."
3. Style in Singing by W. E. Haslam (1911)
"J Some minor effects utilized in Style in singing may be briefly alluded to:
portamento; variations of Tempo. } portamento rT>HIS is effected by the voice ..."
4. Chats to 'cello Students by Arthur Broadley (1915)
"portamento—THE VARIOUS USES OF GLIDING—SOME EXAGGERATIONS EXPOSED — HOW TO LEAP
... portamento. ^ I ^HE subject of gliding, although referring more _i. ..."
5. A General View of the Fine Arts, Critical and Historical by [Ludlow, Daniel Huntington (1854)
"Aria di portamento. this reformation of the musical drama. The first musical
dramatist of lasting celebrity, was Apostolo Zeno, who, for a time, ..."
6. The Art of the Singer: Practical Hints about Vocal Technics and Style by William James Henderson (1906)
"... vm MESSA DI VOCE AND portamento GIOVANNI LAMPERTI says that the messa di voce
should not be attempted till the pupil has attained a considerable degree ..."
7. Expression in Singing: Including Thirty-one Exercises for Voice Culture by John Howard (1904)
"A very gentle upward slur, or portamento, a true filar-di-voce, should connect
the first two words, "My" and "love"; that is, the Ah of the virtual ..."
8. The True Method of Tone Production: A New and Complete Course of Voice Training by John Andrew Broekhoven (1908)
"The portamento is similar in effect produced by a violinist in sliding with the same
... A. In the production of the portamento the larynx cavity changes by ..."
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