Definition of Portamento. Meaning of Portamento. Synonyms of Portamento

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Definition of Portamento

Portamento
Portamento Por`ta*men"to, n. [It., fr. portare to carry.] (Mus.) In singing, or in the use of the bow, a gradual carrying or lifting of the voice or sound very smoothly from one note to another; a gliding from tone to tone.

Meaning of Portamento from wikipedia

- In music, portamento (plural: portamenti, from old Italian: portamento, meaning "carriage" or "carrying") is a pitch sliding from one note to another....
- Portamento is the second studio album by American indie pop band The Drums. The album was released in the United Kingdom on September 2, 2011 through Moshi...
- pop band the Drums, as the lead single from their second studio album, Portamento (2011). It was written and produced by frontman and vocalist Jonathan...
- the French glisser, "to glide". In some contexts, it is equivalent to portamento, which is a continuous, seamless glide between notes. In other contexts...
- alternative to continuous portamento for instruments which are not able to achieve that, or which have limitations in achieving portamento over multiple notes...
- "effects column" which allows the addition of effects such as arpeggio, portamento, vibrato and volume slides. Some control over the song structure can be...
- create unnaturally rapid corrections in Cher's vocals, thereby removing portamento, the natural slide between pitches in singing. In an attempt to protect...
- and a common feature on old analogue systems was ‘Portamento’.[citation needed] After Portamento's world tour ended in late 2012, founding member Connor...
- reduced use of portamento in recordings from 1931 to 1936, but in 1936 also notes that the VPO strings still make "con****uous" use of portamento in Mozart...
- female vocals, the extensive sampling of P-Funk tunes, and a high-pitched portamento saw wave synthesizer lead. Unlike other earlier rap acts that also utilized...