Definitions for portamento

portamento por·ta·men·to

Spelling: [pawr-tuh-men-toh, pohr-; Italian pawr-tah- Portamento is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 630 anagrams from letters in portamento (aemnooprtt).

Definitions for portamento

noun

  1. a passing or gliding from one pitch or tone to another with a smooth progression.

Origin of portamento

1765-75; Italian: fingering, literally, a bearing, carrying. See port5, -ment

Examples for portamento

Does she overdo the use of portamento, messa di voce, and such devices?

The portamento—gliding from one note to another—is also a lovely effect.

Every note must be distinct, and not the faintest suspicion of a "slur" or portamento can be allowed.

The tones must also follow each other cleanly, unless the character of the music makes the use of portamento desirable.

The portamento being an embellishment that pertains to the cantabile, it is very little used in declamatory singing.

It should be practiced very slowly at first, and with portamento.

At one point the boys took a portamento—a grace which very few choirmasters would attempt with boys.

Some minor effects utilized in Style in singing may be briefly alluded to: portamento; variations of Tempo.

It is even likely that she will improve her knowledge of portamento while she is washing dishes.

You, who know what is meant by singing with portamento, would find rare satisfaction in her singing of it.

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