glissando

• He was sitting with his hands over his monstrous face, sinking every moment deeper into despair, when he heard a soft sweet sound, like a glissando on an ethereal harp. —  F ;SF; - vol 101 issue 04-05 - October-November 2001
• Can anyne honestly say that they don't know instantly what the song is just from the 1 second piano glissando introduction?
• What it does have is a vocal with powerful presence and confident technique, including a beautifully executed glissando of the type that later jazz singers would turn into a cliche, and which Bayes executes without vanity. —  Locust St.
• I wasn't expecting something with that lyrical theme, or that glissando theme in the chorus. —  TheGauntlet.com
• (Insert harp glissando here to initiate obvious flash-back sequence) —  Laurie Kendrick

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