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glis·san·do

(glĭ-sän′dō)

n. pl. glis·san·di (-dē) or glis·san·dos Music

A rapid slide through a series of consecutive tones in a scalelike passage.

[French glissade; see glissade + -ando (as in accelerando).]

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glissando

(ɡlɪˈsændəʊ)

n, pl -di (-diː) or -dos

1. (Classical Music) a rapidly executed series of notes on the harp or piano, each note of which is discretely audible

2. (Classical Music) a portamento, esp as executed on the violin, viola, etc

[C19: probably Italianized variant of glissade]

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glis•san•do

(glɪˈsɑn doʊ)

adj., n., pl. -di (-di) -dos. adj.

1. performed with a gliding effect by sliding one or more fingers rapidly over the keys of a piano or strings of a harp.

2. a glissando passage.

[1870–75; < French gliss(er) to slide + Italian -ando ger. ending]

glissando

sliding through notes

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Noun	1.	glissando - a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale swoop, slide - (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides" melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, tune, strain, air, line - a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
Adv.	1.	glissando - (musical direction) in the manner of a glissando (with a rapidly executed series of notes); "this should be played glissando, please" music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

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glissando

[glɪˈsændəʊ]

A. N → glisando m

B. ADV → glisando

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Toward the end the pianist stood up and struck the piano strings to give a glissando effect.

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Here it sounded terrific, from Alastair Moseley's opening clarinet glissando, and Ward's glittering pianism enlivened with elastic rubatos and improvisational freedom, to the BPO's quite brilliant support which, notably in trumpet and woodwind sections, had all the raunchiness of a Harlem jazz band.

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Here, and throughout the cycle, there is a special vocal effect, a glissando glide on the word, "vastness." "Some Things are Dark" illustrates Nightmare personified, with chilling use of whispered text and extreme leaps in the vocal line.

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And the piece - a thinly-veiled version of a marital misunderstanding - proved happily warm and colourful, from the chaotic opening (organised chaos of course under Petrenko's baton) to a glissando slide into a lazy waltz, and a big splashy finale.

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1) O sujeito foi solicitado a emitir a vogal /[epsilon]/ em glissando ascendente ate a altura maxima e descendente ate a altura minima que era capaz de emitir, na intensidade mais fraca possivel; em seguida, a mesma emissao, na intensidade mais forte possivel.

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Na partitura, ela tem inicio no compasso 260 quando um acorde formado exclusivamente pelo intervalo de 3a Maior (Do-Mi), distribuido por todos os registos sonoros orquestrais e duplicado pela eletronica, vai se transformando gradativamente por meio de um glissando da orquestra, partindo dessas notas e progredindo em direcao ao agudo, enquanto a eletronica mantem as notas originais, como demonstra a figura abaixo.

Abyssus ascendens ad aeternum splendorem: reflection about mystical and gestural ideas in Joao Pedro Oliveira's work for piano, orchestra and electronics/Abyssus ascendens ad aeternum splendorem: reflexao acerca da gestualidade misticosonora na obra para piano, orquestra e eletronica de Joao Pedro Oliveira

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The vol al writing is declamatory, frequently requiring the singers to crescendo rapidly and then glissando into a sort of Sprechstimme.