How Does Portamento Differ from Melisma?
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one_riff_brian
> Any ideas? I suspect it's the same thing but I'm not sure.
They're both covered fairly well on Wikipedia, but they're quite
different- AIUI, portamento, which I first heard of in the context of
analogue synthesizers is a smooth slide between two notes- think Free
Bird slide intro. Melisma is a term specific to vocals and apparently
means singing one syllable with lots of notes. Wikipedia uses the
"Gloria" line in "Ding Dong Merrily on High" as the defining example.
Hope this helps.
Sean
Or those people who sing national anthems at sporting events these days.
Oh say can you seeEEeeEEee...
Oh CanadaUHuhUhuhUH...
Squier
> Any ideas? I suspect it's the same thing but I'm not sure.
I dunno. I always took them to be a sorta simile to glissando
which is more commonly used (from my perspective anyways)
hmmmm........
David Raleigh Arnold
> Any ideas? I suspect it's the same thing but I'm not sure.
A melisma is like an ornament, many notes made out of one syllable, only
more notes than an ornament. A portamento is connecting two notes by
including all intermediate frequencies. A glissando includes all
intermediate notes. A true portamento is possible only by bending a note
or using a pinky slider on the guitar, so a light or expressive glissando
is often called a portamento by guitarists. Regards, daveA
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