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I wonder if anyone has any hints on how to perform a glissando & always manage to stop at the right note, or is it just a matter of practice, practice, practice……
GLISSANDO Technique
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It is indeed a matter of practice, practice, practice.
On PA glissando is very hard to do in any way other than just across the white keys.
On CBA you can do a chromatic glissando over three rows. And I have often seen professionals make a half-circle motion to make a glissando.
But to end at exactly the right note it is a matter of practice, unless the glissando goes to the top or the bottom note on the keyboard.
On PA glissando is very hard to do in any way other than just across the white keys.
On CBA you can do a chromatic glissando over three rows. And I have often seen professionals make a half-circle motion to make a glissando.
But to end at exactly the right note it is a matter of practice, unless the glissando goes to the top or the bottom note on the keyboard.
It doesn't happen by magic, that's for sure... it really is practice, practice and more practice. The good news is that they are not really all that hard after a short while. 
Like anything else, start slow, and build up speed and always focus on accuracy so that you end up right where you need to end.
Besides varying the length of the slide, there are 2 basic techniques that I see, one is basically the glissando that cuts before the destination chord (the way I did it in my recent upload of Besame Mucho), and the one that flows right into the chord seamlessly. Depending on the song I tend to pick one or the other based on which I prefer for any given song. I've also found glissandos are best done sliding the nails over the notes by curling the fingers enough so that they are the main friction point and not the skin on the fingers. One can also easily choose a single note or multiple note glissando for a bit of a variation.
Like anything else, start slow, and build up speed and always focus on accuracy so that you end up right where you need to end.Besides varying the length of the slide, there are 2 basic techniques that I see, one is basically the glissando that cuts before the destination chord (the way I did it in my recent upload of Besame Mucho), and the one that flows right into the chord seamlessly. Depending on the song I tend to pick one or the other based on which I prefer for any given song. I've also found glissandos are best done sliding the nails over the notes by curling the fingers enough so that they are the main friction point and not the skin on the fingers. One can also easily choose a single note or multiple note glissando for a bit of a variation.
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<FONT font=Garamond><SIZE size=125>On PA you might want to use the base your palm, right near the wrist, for your gliss. Some accordions are easier and some are more difficult to gliss. You may want to practice your destination note without the gliss, and then work on the approach.
Either way, good luck!
Either way, good luck!
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From what I was taught you're hand should stay in playing position. So when you get to the end you are ready to continue on. That way you can gliss into a single note or cord. As said above sum boxes take less effort. So if you use you're nails don't roll you're wrist, Keep hand in the glove position and bend at the first finger knuckle of each finger or at least the finger you use.That way you can gliss a hole cord later when you get better.
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