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glissando

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glissando
1. a rapidly executed series of notes on the harp or piano, each note of which is discretely audible
2. a portamento, esp as executed on the violin, viola, etc.


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Within the first moments of the percussion and woodwind introduction of this concerto — even before that distinctive piano made its glissando entrance — just about anyone could name that composer.
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