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	Portamento - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Portamento is a musical term currently used to mean pitch bending or sliding, and in 16th century polyphonic writing refers to a type of musical ornamentation.
		Portamento can often be generated automatically on synthesizers, where a parameter setting can be used to control the speed at which an oscillator moves to a new pitch.
		In MIDI sequencing, portamento can be generated by using a channel message that creates a sliding effect by smoothly changing pitch from the last note played to the pitch of the currently playing note.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Portamento (450 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Musical styles - Thursday \| August 17, 2000
		Portamento means 'to carry' or glide from one to the next so rapidly, that the intermediate tones, although sounding, are not defined long enough to be noticed by most listeners.
		Portamento should not be confused with the slur or glissando.
		Portamento is not the same as a slur or glissando.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20000817/Ent/Ent1.html (606 words)

	MIDI Portamento Pedal
		Controller CC5 is used to set the portamento time, how long it takes to change the pitch by a semitone, which has a range of 0-127.
		The portamento effect does not require the playing to be legato, the pitch will always slide from the last note played, however long you pause between the two.
		If chords are played with the portamento effect then the sliding becomes haphazard as any note from the first chord could slide to any note of the second.
	tomscarff.tripod.com /products/midi_portamento_pedal.htm (310 words)

	The Clarinet of the 21st Century - IV/2 Glissando/Portamento
		Ronald Caravan states that portamento is produced primarily by manipulating the shape of the oral cavity by means of tongue position changes.
		The second portamento is accomplished in a similar fashion to the first; B4 to C5 involves essentially the same fingerings as G2 to F3.
		The long downward portamento from this G to D-sharp 5 is executed by slowly lowering the second finger of the left hand and loosening the embouchure.
	www.research.umbc.edu /~emrich/chapter4-2.html (1148 words)

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		The fundamental pitch trajectory contains certainly vibrato and portamento, intonation is retained, and expressive timing is retained to a certain degree, as far as there are changes in pitch to signal the onsets of new notes.
		Thus, if vibrato and portamento is controllable indeed, we now have to tackle the question in what way it is controlled, and what are good rules or functions describing these transitions.
		These functions, or algorithmic models, are then fitted to the data by an optimization procedure that walks through parameter space and from each position tests the direction in which the fit of model and data becomes better, climbing the hill always in the direction in which it is steepest.
	www.nici.kun.nl /mmm/papers/dh-96-a.html (4388 words)

	Music Technology Handouts: Controllers
		Portamento is the effect produced when one note is carried smoothly on to the next with no gap.
		Portamento might occur on all the played notes or it might only occur if the previously played note is held down while the next one is played.
		The portamento time is the time taken for the pitch to completely change from one note to the next.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~bunce/control.htm (1377 words)

	The Met Opera Guild
		The notes to a recent recording by "The Beautiful Voice" said that the recording artist was overjoyed that the accompanying orchestra instinctively anticipated her "portamento."
		Portamento, applied tastefully, humanizes the musical line and is often the difference between a mechanical performance and an artistically satisfying one.
		When the conductor picks up on, and matches, a singer's portamento the entire performance can be inspired.
	www.metoperafamily.org /guild/diva/question.aspx?id=6 (101 words)

	Portamento & Glide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In order to create a portamento or glide in Csound, you must first familiarize yourself with some of the score functions.
		Every time a new note is triggered in this Csound portamento instrument, an envelope is used to slide from the previous pitch and previous amplitude to the new pitch and amplitude.
		The difference is that the note glides into the next note before it is played instead of sliding from the last pitch to the new pitch.
	www.csounds.com /tootsother/east/Port&Glide/Port&Glide.html (203 words)

	David G. Slomin - The Portamento Remote (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The device is held in a guitar-like playing position, and consists of a length of pipe with two sensors on it: a keyless, continuous manual which controls pitch and note on/off, and a force sensitive button for intensity.
		The tannerin [ 1, 2 ] has a portamento manual with note on/off using a switch mounted on a slider; the slider makes it impractical for fast jumps.
		The trautonium [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ] has a portamento manual (plus optional discrete keys) with note on/off and aftertouch.
	www.sreal.com:8000 /~div/remote (472 words)

	Özkan Manav: "Portamento Lento" \| Beethovenfest \| Deutsche Welle \| 24.08.2006
		Portamento is principally an idiom peculiar to singing and string playing," explained composer Özkan Manav.
		"Portamento lento" is dedicated to the victims of the Gölcük and Düzce earthquakes that hit northwestern Turkey in 1999.
		Manav was born in Mersin, Turkey, in 1967 and studied composition in Istanbul and Boston.
	www.dw-world.de /dw/article/0,2144,2145344,00.html (394 words)

	Jay Friedman: Principal Trombonist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
		The term "portamento" in Mahler symphonies usually signifies a slight glissando in legato passages.
		I must say I haven't heard a performance of Mahler where an articulated passage marked "molto portamento" (such as the solo trumpet part in the 5th movement of the 2nd symphony or the Posthorn solo in the 3rd) was played in anything other than the normal tongued tenuto style.
		When in the 5th movement he writes "molto portamento" in an articulated passage with tenuto marks over each note, I believe a soft, but clear attack, with a hair-pin on each note achieves the desired effect.
	www.jayfriedman.net /reflections/20040510Mahlers_portamento.php (884 words)

	Synful
		For example, when a violinist plays two notes of different pitches in succession she may choose to change the pitch in an abrupt manner or she may slide from the first pitch to the second by sliding her finger along the fingerboard in a continuous manner.
		However, the violinist may also change bow direction at some point during the slide, the violinist may change the finger that depresses the string during the slide, or the violinist may change which string is bowed during the slide.
		For example, in a string portamento transition between two notes C and G, there may be an initial slide from say C to D, then a step from D to F#, and then a final slide from F# to G. This shape, consisting of slide-step-slide, is typical of many string portamenti.
	www.synful.com /SynfulPitchWheel.htm (1018 words)

	Kurzweil Music Systems (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Portamento is an inherently difficult thing to do on a sample playback device.
		This is because the unit has to bend one sample up (or down) and at some point grab the next sample from the next key range and have it bent down (or up) and then start bending it.
		This is why portamento is not normally found on sample playback units.
	www.kurzweilmusicsystems.com /support.html?Id=115 (179 words)

	KVR: Portamento for Sytrus VSTi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Since portamento is a functionality of FL Studio, the synths do not have the feature built into them seperately, and as a result, neither do the VSTi versions of the synths.
		Portamento is an important feature, I use it in nearly all of my lead playing, and that's what I would expect from any VA-type synth.
		Portamento is a lot more expressive with playing the synth, and gives you wonderful bends when overlapping consecutive notes.
	www.kvraudio.com /forum/viewtopic.php?t=111600 (911 words)

	Emulating 'Pedal & Hawaiian' Steel Guitar on the Arranger KB ! - Synth Zone BBS
		In addition, both 'glide' and 'portamento' not only allow you to set the degree (interval range) of the bend, but the speed (transition time) between these notes as well.
		Portamento does not work, at least not for me. Perhaps with the foot pedal using it ocassionally it would.
		Because I can't I have to trigger Portamento (via footpedal) to produce the effect of large interval pitch bend gliding.
	www.synthzone.com /ubbs/Forum37/HTML/009509.html (4056 words)

	Editing JV-80 Patches in Galaxy - POLOT
		Portamento causes the pitch to glide smoothly between notes.
		In Legato mode, Portamento is only applied when keys are played legato (connected).
		In Rate mode, the length of time to glide from one pitch to the next depends on the interval between notes.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /polot/techsheet/galaxy2.html (333 words)

	The Clarinet of the 21st Century - IV/3 Teeth on Reed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Portamento is also possible by moving the teeth lightly on the reed from about midway down to further away (towards the shoulder) from the tip.
		However, the portamento will not always be smooth; jumps in partials are unavoidable, much like portamento harmonics on the contrabass (sounds that are reminiscent of seagulls).
		Another use of teeth on the reed, this time as an isolated portamento scream, is written by Helmut Lachenmann in Dal Niente (Interieur III) for solo clarinet (Example #30).
	www.research.umbc.edu /~emrich/chapter4-3.html (300 words)

	Tom's portamento tutorial - Northern Sound Source
		Portamento (cc20) only applies to the sustain pedal down (legato) position in the updated programming to GPO.
		The transition between the 2nd and 3rd notes is handled with pitchbend data instead of portamento data.
		This results in a slightly different attack to the second note but allows the portamento to function properly (since it is confined to the legato layer).
	www.northernsounds.com /forum/showthread.php?p=396125#post396125 (696 words)

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		Messages which control the duration of portamento, or a continuous pitch glide between successively played notes.
		When the parameter Portamento Switch (Control No.065) is set to on, the value set here can adjust the speed of pitch change.
		Setting the value between 64 to 127 turns the portamento on, between 0 to 63 turns the portamento off.
	www.dancingdots.com /prodesc/MotifESTextManual/MIDI.txt (2116 words)

	Il nome della cosa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Di biro (del 25/02/2006 @ 15:30:00, in portamento, cosato 132 volte)
		Di ospite (del 23/02/2006 @ 15:00:00, in portamento, cosato 225 volte)
		Di mia nonna mi ricordo questo, la fissazione per il portamento, spina nel fianco e orgoglio di una nipote che avrebbe forse voluto più alta, slanciata ed austera.
	www.ilnomedellacosa.net /dblog/storico.asp?s=portamento (404 words)

	- - - IAEKM - - -
		When using a patch with portamento, the portamento time parameter controls how fast the synth glides from one note to the next.
		For example, you may be able to alter the types or frequencies of the oscillators, switch effect types, turn portamento on and off, and alter a sound's envelope by sending sys-ex data.
		Generally the easiest way to accomplish this is to use the synth's buttons or knobs to send the appropriate sys-ex to your sequencer while recording; then, when the track is played, the same sys-ex data will be sent back to the synth.
	www.iaekm.org /article31.htm (1316 words)

	[No title]
		Portamento always on switch: Ingredients: 1 spst switch, wire, solder.
		Note that this will bypass the sequencer-induced portamento when switched on.
		If you wanted to be really fancy, you could use a spdt center-off switch and attach a not-gate to the extra pole so that the portamento is _inverted_ from what the sequencer outputs.
	machines.hyperreal.org /machines/categories/sequencers/MC-202/mods/mc202.accent-portamento.txt (729 words)

	Portamento (65) Parameter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Applies a fixed amount of portamento to your instrument, meaning the instrument will smoothly ‘slide’ from some starting note value to the note it should actually play (should you soundcard support it).
		63 is the mid value which means there is no portamento applied.
		The larger the value of portamento the further away from the target note is the starting note.
	www.sseyo.com /products/koanpro/html/koan_Portamento_65.htm (98 words)

	Kontakt 2 Portamento module (?) - NI Forums
		I cannot determine what to attach it to or how to make it appear with the same controls as the manual shows to get a true portamento.
		Also, the controls shown in the manual for the portamento module are not present when attached to the Source Tune knob.
		I'll be adding some features to correct problems with slow attack samples and portamento.
	www.nativeinstruments.de /forum_us/showthread.php?t=24160 (293 words)

	JNL 3: PITCH SLIDING ON THE BASSOON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The opening solo in George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" is a remarkable blend of trill, glissando, and portamento.
		In jazz mood-music, commercial jingles, sound tracks and popular music the saxophones and woodwinds have long been requested to scoop, fall-off, and bend notes to embellish melodic and harmonic lines.
		Another substitute for a portamento is a very rapid chromatic glissando while flutter-tonguing.
	idrs.colorado.edu /Publications/Journal/JNL3/pitchsliding.html (626 words)

	PortaMento - Info - Interview (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		At that time I was experimenting with different electronic genres and I didn't want a name that would tie me to one genre (such as Trance Control).
		So I took a look at the knobs and sliders on my Roland MC-505 (my only synth at that time), and seeing the portamento knob, I decided that "PortaMento" would be my artist name, since the word has such a nice flow.
		The word refers to a smooth transition between two notes, and although I don't really use a lot of portamento, I think many of my tracks are characterized by smooth transitions.
	www.portamento.dk.cob-web.org:8888 /infoint.html (171 words)

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		Renata Scotto's wisdom on proper use of portamento and legato (from her 1984 autobio "More Than A Diva") eerily foreshadows the Opera World of the new millenium.
		A portamento should be the loving act of carrying the voice from one note to another; legato hides the act in smooth discretion.
		Callas knew how to use portamento with art, but many singers who think they follow in her path misunderstand the concept and turn portamento into glissando, lazy and rude.
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=11023615&postID=111788443903483707 (233 words)

	Davolisint
		To the right of the panel there are seven more white rocker switches: the first one turns on VCO 1, the second and third switch on vibrato and portamento, respectively, for VCO 1 (portamento is indicated with "T").
		The fourth is the portamento switch for VCO 2.
		The grey set of keys (one octave) to the extreme left is simply a set keys that act as momentary switches for the same controls that are being offered via the rocker switches.
	www.synthmania.com /davolisint.htm (705 words)

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