Usually means: Sliding smoothly between musical notes.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word portamento:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. portamento: Merriam-Webster
  2. portamento: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. portamento: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. portamento: Collins English Dictionary
  5. portamento: Wordnik
  6. portamento: Wiktionary
  7. portamento: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. portamento: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. portamento: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Portamento, portamento: Dictionary.com
  11. Portamento (album), Portamento: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Portamento: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. portamento: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Portamento, portamento: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. portamento: FreeDictionary.org
  16. portamento: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)
  2. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (portamento)

▸ noun:  (music) A smooth, gliding transition from one note to another; used especially with stringed instruments, and sometimes on brass.

Similar:
temperament, deportment, gesture, comport, pianissimo, port, disposition, touch, figure, poise, more...

Opposite:
staccato, detached, abrupt

Types:
legato, more...

Adjectives:
true, downward, slow, vocal, more, good, excessive, slight, genuine, expressive, moving

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Similar:
temperament, deportment, gesture, comport, pianissimo, port, disposition, touch, figure, poise, more...

Opposite:
staccato, detached, abrupt

Types:
legato, more...

Adjectives:
true, downward, slow, vocal, more, good, excessive, slight, genuine, expressive, moving



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