What is the difference between slides and glissandi?
I would like to know the difference between slides and glissandi, and how to make slides.
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They are largely the same thing, but glissandi apply to all isntruments and can be achieved by a variety of different techniques depending on the instrument and can be really any distance, whereas slides pretty much is specific to guitar and it refers specifically to the method of sliding your finger along the fretboard (I assume) and thus is limited to the amount of range you have on your fretboard.
Slides can be created using the last four elements of the Arpeggios & Glissandi palette. As with all palette elements, click a note in the score and double click the palette element, or carefully drag the palette element directly onto the note, being careful to release only when the note highlights.
In reply to They are largely the same by Marc Sabatella
Slides can also are used for other string instruments (e.g. violin), and I believe trombones as well.
In reply to Slides can also are used for by Isaac Weiss
True, but they are usually still called and notated as glissandi in my experience. There are probably exceptions though.
In reply to They are largely the same by Marc Sabatella
Slides are also used in the harp. A thumb slide is where the harpist slides the thumb down over 2 or 3 strings and then places the rest of the fingers to continue playing down the scale like normal. Versus a glissando is played all with the thumb (if going down, or with the 2nd finger if going up) and is more than 3 notes long.
In reply to They are largely the same by Marc Sabatella
It's also commonly found in vocals when a single word/consonant/vowel spans across two or more different pitches.