glissando vs melody
melody vs glissandoglissando and melody both are nouns.
glissando is an adverb but melody is not an adverb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| glissando | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| melody | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
melody is a hypernym of
glissando; that is, melody is a
word with a broader meaning than glissando:
- glissando: a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale
- melody: a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
| glissando (noun) | melody (noun) |
|---|---|
| a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale | the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes |
| a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence |
| glissando (adverb) | melody (adverb) |
|---|---|
| (musical direction) in the manner of a glissando (with a rapidly executed series of notes) |
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