glissandos

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A form of glissando — Either a continuous sliding from one pitch to another ("true" glissando), or an incidental scale played while moving from one melodic note to another ("effective" glissando).

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of glissando; glissandi.

    The arrangements on “Meet the Smithereens!” have all the vibrant energy and directness of the originals, and even minor details like the keyboard glissandos in “Little Child” and the overdubbed handclaps on “I Want to Hold Your Hand” and “I Saw Her Standing There” are faithfully preserved.

    2007 January 13, Allan Kozinn, “Interpreting the Beatles Without Copying”, in New York Times
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APA

glissandos. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glissandos

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“glissandos.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glissandos. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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