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Author: joseph williams
Date: 2004-04-08 18:37
What is glissando,and if you guys and gals keep throwing these new definitions at me I might as well ask where can I get a music dictionary that would have all the terminology muscians speak.
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Author: UKClarinet
Date: 2004-04-08 20:41
The last post on glissando didn't help much, did it?
Ever heard rhapsody in blue? This starts with a solo clarinet performing a large glissando. A glissando is a slide where each note merges into the next.
For advice on how to do one...I'll put it on the other post!
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Author: Amanda
Date: 2004-04-08 21:16
A glissando actually has SEPARATE pitches. You technically could pick out each individual pitch in the run. A portamento is a smooth transition between pitches where you can't actually differentiate among them. This isn't so easily done on most wind instruments (aside from the trombone), although it's possible. There is a technical difference between the two terms, although glissando is often times used to mean portamento, as in Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue."
The New Harvard Dictionary of Music is a well-known music dictionary. It can be a little pricey, and I don't think it is available in paperback, but it is a good sound investment for the future.
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Author: Louise
Date: 2004-04-09 21:05
A glissando is a run of notes that is often played on a harp_a run from one string to another hitting all strings in between,or a violin by sliding your finger up the finger board while playing the note.
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Author: Dee
Date: 2004-04-09 21:47
Every musician should have at least a basic music dictionary.
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Author: Jan
Date: 2004-04-10 16:50
There's a good one at http://paul.merton.ox.ac.uk/music/musical-definitions.html
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Author: UKClarinet
Date: 2004-04-12 22:19
Technically, in any 'slide' you could always pick out individual pitches, if you had the right tools.
Portimento is string specific, (English Dictionary definition of Portimento actually lists it as a type of glissando) and is usually heard as a technique in certain violin schools, used to make the move from one note to another much easier.
Clarinets don't use strings..so the opening of R in Blue is a glissando.
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