portamento
English edit
Etymology edit
From Italian portamento, from portare (“bear, carry”).
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Noun edit
portamento (plural portamentos or portamenti)
- (music) A smooth, gliding transition from one note to another; used especially with stringed instruments, and sometimes on brass.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 945:
- The music was feral, Eastern in scale, flattened seconds and sixths, and a kind of fretless portamento between
Translations edit
sliding tone used in music
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Italian edit
Etymology edit
From portare, portarsi + -mento.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
portamento m (plural portamenti)
Further reading edit
- portamento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana