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What is a glissando?

What is a glissando? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (music) Either a continuous sliding from one pitch to another ("true" glissando), or an incidental scale played while moving from one melodic note to another ("effective" glissando).
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Lightness and strength of the arm determine the piano and fortissimo, glissando and abrupto of the hatching and the stipples.
It begins with Xenakis's signature glissando, oscillating on the first violin.
Easiest of all novelty instruments to play, it has a wide tone range and produces glissando effects.
The sudden diminuation of tone taken with a glissando gives an effect something like a short groan.
A glissando of joy burned his eardrums, and he could not face that living splendor.
On the fretless guitar this means that I can glissando in opposite directions on different strings.

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