port de voix

Definition of the French term port de voix in music:

  1. literally "carrying of the voice"
  2. vocal portamento (continuous slide from one note to another without articulating the notes in between)
  3. French term for appoggiatura used in the 17th and 18th centuries
Language
French
Singular
port de voix
Plural
ports de voix

Musical examples

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Related terms

French musical terms related to port de voix: