glissez
Definition of the French term glissez in music:
- play a glissando (continuous slide from one note to another)
- slide, slip (imperative)
Language
French
Abbreviation
gliss.
Combinations
French musical terms that include glissez:
- glissez des sons harmoniques – glissando on the harmonics
- glissez sur une corde – glissando (continuous slide from one note to anoth...
Musical examples
Music scores that include glissez:
- Antonio Bazzini: Scherzo fantastique (1853) Page 1
- Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird: VII. Finale (1919) Page 4
Related terms
French musical terms related to glissez:
- en glissant – in glissando (continuous slide from one note to an...
- glissant – in glissando (continuous slide from one note to an...
- glissé – with glissando (continuous slide from one note to ...
- glisser – to play a glissando (continuous slide from one not...
- plainte – complaint...
- port de voix – literally "carrying of the voice"...
- portez la voix – literally "carry the voice"...
- traînez – drag...
- traînez la voix – literally "drag the voice"...