English to French Meaning of glissando - glissando

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Definitions of glissando in English

Noun(1) a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale
Adverb(1) (musical direction, with a rapidly executed series of notes

Examples of glissando in English

(1) It has main melody lines which alternate in each year at such a speed that they become one with the whole like a glissando despite being discrete notes.(2) Within these prohibitive technical limitations, the performer is asked to make rapid scalic runs and, in one place, semiquaver leaps, and the piece ends with a double glissando .(3) The initial ├ö├ç├┐Meditation├ö├ç├û is very troubled, with hectic glissandos and fitful ostinatos.(4) The vast array of techniques explored in the 20th century, the lead often taken by jazz musicians, included a wide variety of glissandos , multiphonics, microtones, expressive attacks, and mutes.(5) But from the opening, mysterious, string glissandi , the orchestra seemed to miss the haunting atmospherics of Britten's score.

(1) catch a glimpse ::

attraper un aperçu

(2) catch a glimpse of ::

attraper un aperçu de

(3) glimpse of hope ::

lueur d'espoir

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