Definition of Glissandos. Meaning of Glissandos. Synonyms of Glissandos

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Definition of Glissandos

Glissando
Glissando Glis*san"do, n. & a. [As if It. = Fr. glissant sliding.] (Mus.) A gliding effect; gliding.

Meaning of Glissandos from wikipedia

- atonal sweep.[citation needed] A similar device on the piano are cluster-glissandos, used extensively by Karlheinz Stockhausen in Klavierstück X, and which...
- whole hand in the direction of the glissando. Due to the positions of the thumbs on the player's hands, octave glissandos are almost always executed upwards...
- The glissando illusion is an auditory illusion, created when a sound with a fixed pitch, such as a synthesized oboe tone, is pla**** together with a sine...
- 'inverted', 'broken' or 'false' glissandos are those that cross one or more harmonic series, requiring a simulated or faked glissando effect. Trills, though generally...
- glissando with gradual modulations. A section near the end of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Hymnen incorporates multiple descending Shepard tone glissandos...
- The glissando babbler (Pellorneum saturatum) is a species of bird in the ground babbler family Pellorneidae. It is found on the Indonesian islands of...
- Glissando is a 1982 Romanian drama film directed by Mircea Daneliuc. The film was selected as the Romanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at...
- This is commonly called a glissando, though this use of the term is not strictly correct. The most effective glissandos are those from low to high notes...
- stereo illusions, such as the octave illusion, the scale illusion, and the glissando illusion. Studies have found a positive correlation between left-handedness...
- doodle. This is a very faint tonguing similar in sound to a valve tremolo. Glissando: Trumpeters can slide between notes by depressing the valves halfway and...