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1.3.3.1 Glissando

A glissando is a smooth change in pitch. It is denoted by a line or a wavy line between two notes. It is requested by attaching \glissando to a note:

     
     c2\glissando c'
     \override Glissando #'style = #'zigzag
     c2\glissando c,

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Selected Snippets
     
     I = \once \override NoteColumn #'ignore-collision = ##t
     
     \relative c' <<
       { \oneVoice \stemDown f2 \glissando \stemNeutral a } \\
       { \oneVoice \I c2 \glissando \I d, }
     >>

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See also

Music Glossary: falls, doits.

Snippets: Expressive .

Internals Reference: Glissando.

Known issues and warnings

Printing text over the line (such as gliss.) is not supported.


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