Music GCSE
slide
What slide means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A continuous pitch movement between two notes, not a detached leap.
A smooth glide between pitches, rather than a trill or mordent.
Topics that use slide
- Appendix 3: Musical vocabulary - Dynamics and performance matters (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Component 3: Appraising - Musical language (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Chord symbols in contemporary notation
- Chords and double stops
- Continuo
- Distinguishing doubling from harmony
- Doubling
- Emphasis and attack
- Hammer-ons and pull-offs
- Harmony
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