What is the effect of glissando in music?
In gentler music, sliding into a note gives it a lyrical, vocal, expressive quality (beginning), whereas in more intense music it gives drama and intensity. Singers quite naturally use glissandos/portamentos all the time. Glissandi are not used exclusively to make beautiful connections between notes.
In gentler music, sliding into a note gives it a lyrical, vocal, expressive quality (beginning), whereas in more intense music it gives drama and intensity. Singers quite naturally use glissandos/portamentos all the time. Glissandi are not used exclusively to make beautiful connections between notes.