Glissando (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. performed with a gliding effect by sliding one or more fingers rapidly over the keys of a piano or strings of a harp.
noun, plural glis·san·di [gli-sahn-dee]. /glɪˈsɑn di/.
  1. a glissando passage.
  2. (in string playing) a slide.
noun plural -di (-diː) or -dos
  1. a rapidly executed series of notes on the harp or piano, each note of which is discretely audible
  2. a portamento, esp as executed on the violin, viola, etc
Glissando (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

More Definitions