What does "portamento" mean?

A smooth, gliding transition from one note to another; used especially with stringed instruments, and sometimes on brass.

What is a synonym for "portamento"?

Common synonyms include: glissando, glissandos.

Pronounced //pɔːtəˈmɛntəʊ//.

/pɔːtəˈmɛntəʊ/ noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Noun

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A smooth, gliding transition from one note to another; used especially with stringed instruments, and sometimes on brass.
"The music was feral, Eastern in scale, flattened seconds and sixths, and a kind of fretless portamento between"

"The music was feral, Eastern in scale, flattened seconds and sixths, and a kind of fretless portamento between"

From Italian portamento, from portare (“bear, carry”).