glissando

Noun glissando has 1 sense

• glissando(n = noun.communication) - a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale;
has particulars: slide, swoop
is a kind of air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, tune

Adverbial glissando has 1 sense

• glissando(r = adv.all) - (musical direction) in the manner of a glissando (with a rapidly executed series of notes); "this should be played glissando, please"

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