portamento
English
editEtymology
editFrom Italian portamento, from portare (“bear, carry”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editportamento (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
editsliding tone used in music
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Italian
editEtymology
editFrom portare, portarsi + -mento.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editportamento m (plural portamenti)
Further reading
edit- portamento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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