• In music, portamento (plural: portamenti, from old Italian: portamento, meaning "carriage" or "carrying") is a pitch sliding from one note to another....
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  • Portamento is the second studio album by American indie pop band The Drums. The album was released in the United Kingdom on September 2, 2011 through Moshi...
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  • pop band the Drums, as the lead single from their second studio album, Portamento (2011). It was written and produced by frontman and vocalist Jonathan...
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  • the French glisser, "to glide". In some contexts, it is equivalent to portamento, which is a continuous, seamless glide between notes. In other contexts...
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  • alternative to continuous portamento for instruments which are not able to achieve that, or which have limitations in achieving portamento over multiple notes...
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  • "effects column" which allows the addition of effects such as arpeggio, portamento, vibrato and volume slides. Some control over the song structure can be...
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  • towns in the United States with portmanteau names List of portmanteaus Portamento, in music, a continuous change in pitch (unrelated) This disambiguation...
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    female vocals, the extensive sampling of P-Funk tunes, and a high-pitched portamento saw wave synthesizer lead. Unlike other earlier rap acts that also utilized...
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  • create unnaturally rapid corrections in Cher's vocals, thereby removing portamento, the natural slide between pitches in singing. In an attempt to protect...
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    mix of bebop and gypsy jazz influences, featuring the use of vibrato, portamento, and fast runs. In 1972, he started work in a trio with Aldo Romano. By...
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