Silde & Glissando

[str8_bourbon]

What's the difference? Can someone help me out?

 

[bassicinstinct]

Silde???

 

[Adam Barkley]

Silde???

Yeah, because it's funny to make fun of people that don't use English as a first language.



To the original poster. Here is what I found.

Definition of the Term Glissando

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Sounds like a ten dollar word for the sound of a slide.

 

[bassicinstinct]

Lighten up will ya??!!

It's supposed to be us Brits who are losing our sense of humour.

 

[str8_bourbon]

oh yeah, sorry, i meant "sLIde". I was under the impression that a slide and glissando were different, I was hoping that someone could explain the difference?

 

[stompfrog]

i guess a slide is a type of glissando that only applys to stringed instruments?

 

[Adam Barkley]

oh yeah, sorry, i meant "sLIde". I was under the impression that a slide and glissando were different, I was hoping that someone could explain the difference?

Like I said, I think glissando is just the italian term for "slide". Most musical terms are italian.

 

[lemur821]

The two terms mean pretty much the same thing on a fretted bass. A slide is just a slide from one note to another. It's also called a portamento. On a fretless instrument it comes out smooth. When you break it up into a series of notes, it becomes a glissando. Frets break it up for you, so there's no real difference on a fretted instrument.

 

[43apples]

Oh my god!!!

First, check out this. Pianissimo.

http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textp/pp.html

Listen to the sound excample!

And also this one: Pianissississississimo!!!

http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textp/Pianissississississimo.html

The sound excample on this one is hilarious too!

Aaaah, the joys of italian music vocabulary!

 

[str8_bourbon]

I think i got it, thanks guys.

 

[Bassist4Life]

Don't forget this one guys!
PORTAMENTO

http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textp/Portamento.html

Joe

 

[Joe Beets]

Glissando, PISSando. Just put on a good set of Flatwounds and have fun. Next I suppose you will want to know how to notate an APPOGGITURA.