glissando
Definition of the Italian term glissando in music:
- glissando (continuous slide from one note to another)
Language
Italian
Singular
glissando
Plural
glissandi
Abbreviation
gliss.
Alt. abbreviation
gl.
Synonym
Combinations
Italian musical terms that include glissando:
- glissando su una sola corda – glissando (continuous slide from one note to anoth...
- quasi glissando – like glissando (continuous slide from one pitch to...
Musical examples
Music scores that include glissando:
- Alfredo Casella: Symphony No. 2 (1908‑10) Page 2
- Claude Debussy: Pour le piano (1894‑1901) Page 4
- Darius Milhaud: La création du monde (1922‑1923) Page 3
- Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 2 (1886) Page 2
- Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto (1902) Page 4
- Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird (1910) Page 2
- Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird: VII. Finale (1919) Page 4
- Jacques Ibert: Escales (1920‑1922) Page 2
- Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6: II. Allegro con grazia (1893) Page 2
- Sergey Protopopov: 2 Poems (1928) Page 1
Related terms
Italian musical terms related to glissando: