Author: Zauberklarinette
Date: 2006-03-30 01:33
I have seen this score and I have heard this piece and the saxophonist on the version i heard did not play a glissando. Also who wrote the post about a portamento being over a small interval is wrong. Glissandi and portamenti can be over any interval. There are differences between the two.
Glissandi
Glissandi are simply a series of pitches between two notes. That is a weak definition though. There are two types of glissandi: diatonic and chromatic. Diatonic means "according to the key signature/with the tonic (tonic key)". That means, say in the key of Eb, if a glissando is written from F to D, the glissando would be played F, G, Ab, Bb, C, D. In the case of chromatic glissandi, every half-step between the two pitches is played. In any key, a chromatic glissando from F to D would be played F, F#, G, G#, A, A#, B, C, C#, D.
Portamenti
Portmanti are every single pitch down to individual cents between to pitches. The movement from one definite pitch to another is undetectable because no definite pitches are identifiably played during a portamento. An example of a portmento compared to a glissando is this: A glissando is a series of steps from the one floor to the next floor; a portamento is a smooth ramp from that first floor to the next floor.
"Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life"
~Ludwig van Beethoven
Post Edited (2006-03-30 01:37)
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