portamento
English
Etymology
From Italian portamento, from portare (“bear, carry”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /pɔːtəˈmɛntəʊ/
Noun
portamento (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 2007, p. 945:
- The music was feral, Eastern in scale, flattened seconds and sixths, and a kind of fretless portamento between
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 945:
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /portaˈmento/
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