Portamento (English spelling) portamento Italian

Japanese: ポルタメント - ぽるためんと(英語表記)portamento イタリア語
Portamento (English spelling) portamento Italian

A technique in Western music. It is a technique for moving quickly from one note to another by gliding. The movement is very smooth and gradual, and the intermediate pitches cannot be heard. For this reason, portamento is used only with bowed string instruments, human voice, and instruments such as the trombone. With the piano, harp, and wind instruments other than the trombone, only movements within the scale can be made, and this transition is called glissando. In theory, portamento can be either ascending or descending, but in practice ascending is more commonly used. Similar techniques are widely seen in the Orient, such as Chinese and Japanese singing, plucked string instruments such as the koto and sitar, and air-sounding instruments such as the shakuhachi.

[Toshiaki Kurosaka]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

西洋音楽の演奏技法の一つ。一つの音から他の音へ滑らせながらすばやく移動する奏法のこと。移動はたいへんなめらかで漸次的であり、中間の音高を確認することはできない。そのため、ポルタメントは擦弦(さつげん)楽器や人声、トロンボーンのような楽器にしか用いられない。ピアノやハープあるいはトロンボーンを除く管楽器では音階上の移動しかできず、その移行の奏法はグリッサンドとよばれる。ポルタメントには理論上、上行と下行のいずれも可能であるが、実際には上行のほうが多用される。なお、類似した技法は中国や日本の唱法、箏(そう)やシタールなどの撥弦(はつげん)楽器、尺八などの気鳴楽器など東洋に広くみられる。

[黒坂俊昭]

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