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A straight or wavy line between two notes, sliding continuously between them.
Also known as: Slide line music, Diagonal line between notes
A line drawn between two notes means slide from one to the other. What actually sounds depends entirely on the instrument — a continuous sweep on a violin, a run of discrete notes on a piano.
Instructs a continuous slide in pitch from the first note to the second.
Contexts: Music
Produces a genuinely different sound depending on the instrument: a smooth continuous sweep where pitch is continuous, and a rapid run of separate notes on a keyboard or harp where it is not.
Contexts: Music
A straight or gently wavy line running diagonally from the first notehead to the second, often with the abbreviation gliss. written along it.
A fuller structured visual breakdown is not yet documented for this symbol.