Glissando

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Glissando \Glis*san"do\, n. & a. [As if It. = Fr. glissant
     sliding.] (Mus.)
     A gliding effect; gliding.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  glissando
       n : a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the
           musical scale
       adv : (musical direction) in the manner of a glissando (with a
             rapidly executed series of notes); "this should be
             played glissando, please"
       [also: {glissandi} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "glissando":
     avalanche, cantando, coast, demilegato, execution, expression,
     fingering, glide, glissade, intonation, landslide, landslip,
     legato, mezzo staccato, music-making, parlando, performance,
     pianism, pizzicato, rendering, rendition, repercussion, rubato,
     sideslip, skid, slide, slip, slippage, slither, slur, snowslide,
     snowslip, spiccato, staccato, subsidence, touch