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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. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Meter (only two per book in triple meter), form (basically A-B-A), dynamics, terms and signs stay well within the expected knowledge of an elementary student, with the exception of delightful glissandos (and the use of sports equipment for one piece Penderecki's Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima is about as uncompromising as string pieces get, and while its episodes of scraping white noise, eerie glissandos and violent thuds continue to sound hostile nearly 50 years after it was written, moments of electrifying intensity in this performance made it worth the concentration. In contrast to the diatonic, perfectly unison and purely vocal line of Gregorian chant or early polyphony, shomyo chant exploits a very flexible intonation in slow glissandos. |
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