Glissando

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Posted December 24, 2021

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Location: Where the Deer and the Antelope play and the Plains Bison once roam.

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Posted December 24, 2021 (edited)

I’ve seen players do a “long slide”, usually only one way with no specific start or end point, but I can’t say that I’ve seen a slide identified as a glissando in sheet music until now. I was looking at the music for “Five Long Years” by Eddie Boyd as preformed by Eric Clapton. A “steady gliss” from the 14th fret to the 1st fret and back to the 19th then to the 7th.

This song is about 12 pages long and how Clapton or any player remembers all those notes is beyond me. It does appear in the performance linked below that he has varied a little from the sheet. I would be surprised if he ever played it the same way twice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKTdd7awuMU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_JB-juueVk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlEo8WUClNk

Edited December 24, 2021 by Triple-o