About 50 results
Open links in new tab
  1. What is the difference between portamento and glissando?

    Mar 13, 2022 · A glissando on a violin is notated with a straight line, sometimes including the term "gliss". It is NOT a slur. The term "slur" in musical notation has a special meaning: It is a bowed line …

  2. How to play a glissando without hurting your hand?

    You can play a glissando up the piano with usually the index, middle, and ring finger positioned together. Try practicing slowly without even the piano, just in the air like you are shooing something away. …

  3. What is the proper technique for a glissando on piano?

    Mar 15, 2013 · What is the proper technique to perform an upward and downward glissando on piano? In particular, how should you position your hand, and is it important which finger (s) you use?

  4. Glissando vs Arpeggio - Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange

    Jul 7, 2022 · What is the difference between an arpeggio and glissando? Is a glissando just another form of an arpeggio? I still don't exactly understand.

  5. Glissando during arpeggiando on string instruments

    Nov 30, 2023 · 3 (Related to this question for the case without glissando) Consider following example of an arpeggiando on the four open strings of the cello (but the question also holds for violin or viola).

  6. How to notate glissando over multiple measures

    Jan 3, 2018 · For the violin I'd like to notate a glissando over multiple measures. But there's two things that are unclear to me: do I just put a semi-breve in the first and last measures and rests in the measu...

  7. piano - How do you play a glissando with two notes? - Music: Practice ...

    Here are a few snapshots from the song "Alborada del Gracioso" by Maurice Ravel. How do you play two notes at the same time while doing a glissando (and only using one hand?) To my …

  8. glissando - How many notes does this harp run comprise of and which ...

    Feb 3, 2025 · The following harp glissando starts in the bass clef on E2 and ends in the treble on E6. But is that just a big skip from the D# to the E or are there notes filled in between?

  9. notation - Erhu glissando symbols in LilyPond - Music: Practice ...

    Jun 30, 2024 · I have some problems with LilyPond. In Chinese music, the symbols below are often used for glissandos: In normal staff notation, these should look like the picture below: Is it possible to …

  10. Proper organ glissando technique? - Music: Practice & Theory Stack …

    Proper organ glissando technique? Ask Question Asked 11 years, 2 months ago Modified 6 years ago