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portamento vs. glissando

portamento

noun

Music.

plural

portamenti, portamentos 

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

glissando

adjective

  1. performed with a gliding effect by sliding one or more fingers rapidly over the keys of a piano or strings of a harp.

noun

plural

glissandi 

  1. a glissando passage.

  2. (in string playing) a slide.