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. |