Portamento is a musical term primarily denoting a vocal slide between two pitches and its emulation by instruments such as the violin, and in 16th century polyphonic writing refers to an ornamental figure. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. Pitch represents the perceived Fundamental frequency of a sound In Music, polyphony is a texture consisting of two or more independent Melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice ( Monophony It is also applied to one type of glissando as well as to the "slide" or "bend" functions of synthesizers. " Glissando " (plural glissandi abbreviated gliss is a glide from one pitch to another (see main article glissando). " Glissando " (plural glissandi abbreviated gliss is a glide from one pitch to another

Contents 1 Vocal portamento 2 Ornamentation 3 See also 4 References

Vocal portamento

In the first example, Rudolfo's first aria in La sonnambula (1831), the portamento is indicated by the slur between the 3rd and 4th notes. La sonnambula ( The Sleepwalker) is an Opera semiseria in two acts music by Vincenzo Bellini to an Italian Libretto by Felice The second example, Judit's first line in Duke Bluebeard's Castle (1912), employs a more explicit notation. Duke Bluebeard's Castle (A kékszakállú herceg vára literally The Castle of the Blue-Bearded Prince) is a one-act opera by Hungarian composer

Ornamentation

In 16th century style, portamento is an anticipation figure, occurring on the off-beat. A nonchord tone, nonharmonic tone, or non-harmony note is a note in a piece of Music which is not a part of the chord that is formed A beat is the basic Time Unit of a piece of Music; for example each tick sounded by a Metronome would correspond to a beat The portamento resolves stepwise, almost always downward. It may occur either once or multiple times in succession.

In multi-voice polyphony, the portamento figure is normally consonant. In Music, polyphony is a texture consisting of two or more independent Melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice ( Monophony This embellishment is frequently found ornamenting suspensions, though almost never at the final cadence. A nonchord tone, nonharmonic tone, or non-harmony note is a note in a piece of Music which is not a part of the chord that is formed

See also

• A glissando is a similar effect to portamento which moves in discrete steps; for example, dragging a finger over the keys of the piano. " Glissando " (plural glissandi abbreviated gliss is a glide from one pitch to another The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers
• Vibrato is a repetitive oscillation about a single pitch that occurs in rapid cycles. Vibrato is a musical effect produced in singing and on musical instruments by a regular pulsating change of pitch, and is used to add expression and vocal-like qualities to
• Portato is a musical term denoting an articulation. Portato in music denotes Slurred Staccato and is notated by adding a slur to staccato notes

References

• Katz, Mark. “Portamento and the Phonograph Effect. ” Journal of Musicological Research 25 (2006): 211–32.
• Gauldin, Robert (1985). A Practical Approach to Sixteenth-Century Counterpoint. Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press.  

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