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portamento vs. glissando

noun

Music.
plural portamenti portamentos.
  1. a passing or gliding from one pitch or tone to another with a smooth progression.


adjective

  1. performed with a gliding effect by sliding one or more fingers rapidly over the keys of a piano or strings of a harp.

noun

plural glissandi
  1. a glissando passage.
  2. (in string playing) a slide.