glissando

Meaning of glissando

noun

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).
A method of playing an electric guitar in which a metal bar is held at right angles across the strings and rapidly moved up and down, creating a smooth, lush sound.

verb

To play with a glissando or sliding effect.

Information about glissando

The plural form of glissando is: glissandos.
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Hyphenation of glissando

glis-sando

It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
glissando is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

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