This should be played glissando, please. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The technical operation known as glissando is peculiar to the harp alone. From Wordnik.com. [Principles of orchestration] Reference
Then the man whistled in an incredibly complex glissando. From Wordnik.com. [The Coelura]
With a triumphant glissando of notes, the music started up again. From Wordnik.com. [Orphans of Chaos] Reference
Toothaches can play it staccato, glissando, accelerando, prestissimo, and above all fortissimo. From Wordnik.com. [All for a Liberace Smile? Amis in the Dentist's Chair] Reference
Really, really heavy creatures, and Stravinsky calls for the brass to glissando, which means slide. From Wordnik.com. [The Primitive Pulse of Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring'] Reference
After employing this technique for some time, she will pull the tape loose, unleashing a duct-tape glissando. From Wordnik.com. [Disquiet » Toil and Trouble] Reference
Buckmaster cites the french horn glissando in the introduction to Marvin Gaye's I Heard It Through the Grapevine. From Wordnik.com. [Elton John, the Beach Boys and the fine art of pop alchemy] Reference
Ms. ALSOP: That very famous glissando that we just heard, you know, the sort of scoop in the clarinet line at the beginning. From Wordnik.com. [Marin Alsop's Shared Musical Roots] Reference
The jocular expression of an approaching dangerous social situation is often conveyed by its ominous low-pitched glissando quavers. From Wordnik.com. [On new branches of applied linguistics] Reference
Start slow, speed up, seek a machine-like precision -- no buzzes, no squeaks on the chord changes or glissando, varied tone, volume. From Wordnik.com. [Practicing] Reference
The “glissando” mode, however, substantially increases the electrical dosage and memory problems and is of no benefit to patients. From Wordnik.com. [The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry] Reference
And yeah, we had everything timed so I played the final glissando on the piano and ripped my bra off exactly when the blackout occurred. From Wordnik.com. [Reflections of a 'Piano Girl'] Reference
With a silvery glissando, the Elven protections she wore slithered over him as well, wrapping him in a cocoon of power, identical to hers. From Wordnik.com. [The Eagle And The Nightingale]
The faintest glissando shimmers across the strings of the harp on the pedestal in the mirror pool, then fades as the Evult lifts the bell. From Wordnik.com. [The Soprano Sorceress]
Pizzicato with the left hand and obbligato glissando!. From Wordnik.com. [A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago] Reference
(Insert harp glissando here to initiate obvious flash-back sequence). From Wordnik.com. [Laurie Kendrick] Reference
Wow, that is some serious Steve Reich style glissando phasing, beautiful. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
The more rapidly a glissando passage is played, the louder it will sound. From Wordnik.com. [Principles of orchestration] Reference
With spectacular performances, glissando camerawork and a superlative screenplay. From Wordnik.com. [Boise Weekly] Reference
Quantizers on each of the Modulation Matrix Destinations for glissando style effects. From Wordnik.com. [Making Music] Reference
Minor chords and horizontal melodies that send a glissando down the old spinal xylophone. From Wordnik.com. [Word Magazine - Comments] Reference
I wasn't expecting something with that lyrical theme, or that glissando theme in the chorus. From Wordnik.com. [TheGauntlet.com] Reference
Don’t forget to "leap over cellist", and make "glissando using tip of nose". From Wordnik.com. [Out Of Control Musical Scores | Impact Lab] Reference
Fishbowl glissando eurythmic seppuku bonsai. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Samurai and the Willows - Michael Bishop] Reference
Trow in a short glissando to make it extra fancy. From Wordnik.com. [Learn to play guitar like a superdork] Reference
The way I use glissando and use breath are inspired by Chinese traditional art. ". From Wordnik.com. [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference
Scratch a sharp glissando on the ol 'harp strings. From Wordnik.com. [the fairly secret song of the day blog] Reference
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