Glissandi definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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Set as a theme and twelve variations, the piece proves an eclectic assembly of styles, ranging from British music, neo-classical, to Richard Strauss evocations, some excursions into bi-tonality and hints of Max Reger, with plenty of string glissandi and portamenti.

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Set as a theme and twelve variations, the piece proves an eclectic assembly of styles, ranging from British music, neo-classical, to Richard Strauss evocations, some excursions into bi-tonality and hints of Max Reger, with plenty of string glissandi and portamenti. — Audiophile Audition Headlines
Features of Roma music are vocals that are soulful and melodramatic and the music often incorporates prominent glissandi or slides between notes.
Sails (Voiles) unfurl in the wind cool and crisp, the drama concentrated among the interstices of harmony, rhythm, and glissandi. — Audiophile Audition Headlines
This blinder from January is an overlooked triumph of utter warehouse madness, its siren-like glissandi and dagger-sharp rave stabs carrying its punishing intensity higher and higher in an unremitting build-up. — Pitchfork: Latest News
Ms Rigacci rose to the occasion, and was able to provide the necessary Edda dell'Orso, and occasionally resorting to glissandi where Edda did not. — GreenCine Daily