page_title: Glissando
section_title: Notation
hierarchical_section_title: Glissando / Notation
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Diverse notazioni del glissando English: Several examples of the musical notation of glissando
context_page_description: In music, a glissando is a glide from one pitch to another. It is an Italianized musical term derived from the French glisser, "to glide". In some contexts, it is distinguished from the continuous portamento. Some colloquial equivalents are slide, sweep, bend, smear, rip, lip, plop, or falling hail.
context_section_description: The glissando is indicated by following the initial note with a line, sometimes wavy, in the desired direction, often accompanied by the abbreviation gliss.. Occasionally, the desired notes are notated in the standard method (i.e. semiquavers) accompanied by the word 'glissando'.
caption: Several examples of the musical notation of glissando
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