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portamento

American

[pawr-tuh-men-toh, pohr-, pawr-tah-men-taw] / ˌpɔr təˈmɛn toʊ, ˌpoʊr-, ˌpɔr tɑˈmɛn tɔ /

noun

Music.

a passing or gliding from one pitch or tone to another with a smooth progression.

portamento British

/ ˌpɔːtəˈmɛntəʊ /

noun

music a smooth slide from one note to another in which intervening notes are not separately discernible Compare glissando

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Etymology

Origin of portamento

1765–75; < Italian: fingering, literally, a bearing, carrying. See port ⁵, -ment

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