The unit allowed the use of portamento over a 3-octave range.

Until the 1930's, when modernist taste began to take hold, portamento was common.

This can be used to create glide or portamento between notes.

It is also recorded that he made extensive use of portamento.

This is commonly called note bending rather than a portamento.

In music, portamento is a gradual slide from one note to another.

A portamento is a much shorter slide, usually between two notes which are quite close.

A player can use this to create a vibrato or a portamento effect.

Such a legato style of playing can also be associated with portamento.

I want to play this music with rubato and disciplined portamento.

In some contexts it is distinguished from the continuous portamento.

See glissando for further information; and compare portamento in this list.

Notably missing from the voice architecture are white noise and portamento.

The habit of putting in portamento between notes spread to other instruments as well.

He is not afraid of portamento, and he uses it to good effect in both works.

It was interesting how well they blended with the swooping portamento of popular American style.

She uses portamento (the technique of gliding from one note to the next) with taste.

"Money" is the lead single taken from Portamento.

About one century ago, this articulation was called "portamento".

String-bending for example may be used to produce a glissando or portamento.

The sentimental second section features a solo violin, with frequent use of portamento.

He should also think about toning down the relentless use of portamento and scooped attacks.

Musical instruments with continuously variable pitch can effect a portamento over a substantial range.

The sliding, sighing portamento strokes, in particular, bring together two worlds that often seem far apart.

Her incessant upward swoops of portamento made the time pass that much more slowly.