glissandi
- plural of glissando.
Example Sentences
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If he relies on those glissandi more than he seemingly should, he nevertheless makes them welcome.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2022
The new concerto is a work of considerable beauty, with delicate, feathery glissandi in the two harps, a bewitching double cadenza, and intricate rhythmic patterns.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2021
Playing the jazz standard “Stella by Starlight,” his quick single-note lines blended together like piano glissandi — meanwhile, Brown’s piano solo took the percussive tack.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 9, 2018
One point of comparison might be “Music for Airports” by Brian Eno, another schematic creation, but there’s too much forward motion to peg this as ambient music, starting with Zeena Parkins’s itchy harp glissandi.
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2014
The piano in it is put to various uses, with a fill of glissandi matching the diabolic mood.
From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James
