Glissando (plural: glissandi) is a musical term that refers to either a continuous sliding from one pitch to another (a "true" glissando), or an incidental scale played while moving from one melodic note to another (an "effective" glissando). Music is a human activity which involves structured and audible sounds, which is used for artistic or aesthetic, entertainment, or ceremonial purposes. ... Look up melody in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Musical instruments with continuously variable pitch can effect a true glissando over a substantial range. These include unfretted stringed instruments (such as the violin, viola, cello and some bass guitars), stringed instruments with a way of stretching the strings (such as a guitar), wind instruments without valves or stops (such as the trombone or slide whistle), timpani (kettledrums), electronic instruments (such as synthesizers and keytars), the water organ, and of course the human voice. A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... The violin is a bowed stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a perfect fifth apart, the lowest being the G just below middle C. It is the smallest and highest-tuned member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola and cello. ... The viola (in French, alto; in German bratsche) is a stringed musical instrument played with a bow which serves as the middle voice of the violin family, between the upper lines played by the higher violin (soprano register) and the lower lines played by the deeper cello (bass) and double... A cello The cello (the c is pronounced /ʧ/ as the ch in church) or cello, short for violoncello, is a stringed instrument and a member of the violin family. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case The electric bass guitar (also called an electric bass, or simply a bass) is an electric string instrument similar in appearance to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, commonly four strings, a longer scale neck and tuned an octave lower in... A guitar is a musical instrument characterized by its visually dominant body and neck. ... A lip-reed aerophone with a predominantly cylindrical bore, the trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. ... A slide whistle (variously known as a swanee whistle, piston flute or less commonly jazz flute) is a wind instrument consisting of a fipple like a recorders and a tube with a piston in it. ... A timpanist in the United States Air Forces in Europe Band. ... The Yamaha PSR-295, an entry-level electronic keyboard synthesizer. ... A Yamaha SHS-10 keytar Keytar is the name given to a musical keyboard synthesizer fashioned in the shape of a guitar. ... It is requested that this article, or a section of this article, be expanded. ... Human voice consists of sound made by a person using the vocal folds for talking, singing, laughing, screaming or crying. ...

True glissandi can be produced to at least a limited extent on most instruments; for example, fretted stringed instruments (such as the guitar or mandolin) can effect a glissando by pushing the string across the fingerboard or by using a slide. Brass and wind instruments such as the flute or trumpet can effect a similarly limited glissando by altering the breath pressure. Tunable percussion instruments such as the drum or conga can effect small glissandi by applying or releasing pressure on the head while striking. A guitar is a musical instrument characterized by its visually dominant body and neck. ... Carved and round backed mandolins (front) A mandolin is a small, plucked, stringed musical instrument, descended from the mandora. ... The Flute (Ger. ... Trumpeter redirects to here. ... A drum is a musical instrument in the percussion family , technically classified as a membranophone. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

On some instruments (e.g., piano, harp), a bending of the tone or continuous sliding is not possible. As a substitute, the player can play a number of adjacent notes in rapid succession, so that the audible result somewhat resembles a true glissando. For example, on a piano, the player can slide her thumbnail or fingernails across the white or black keys, producing either a C major scale or a F# major pentatonic (or their relative modes). On a harp, the player can slide his or her finger across the strings, quickly playing the separate notes. Wind, brass and fretted stringed instrument players can effect an extremely rapid chromatic scale (ex: sliding up or down a string quickly on a fretted instrument), giving the same effect. These latter techniques are commonly referred to as glissandi in scores and sheet music, although technically they are only "effective" glissandi. A grand piano A piano is a musical instrument which is classified as a keyboard, percussion or string instrument, depending on the system of classification used. ... The harp is a stringed instrument which has its strings positioned perpendicular to the soundboard. ... C major (often just C) is a musical major scale based on C, consisting of the pitches C, D, E, F, G, A, B and C. Its key signature contains no flats or sharps. ...

See also: musical terminology Below is a list of terms used in musical terminology which are likely to occur on printed or sheet music. ...