Independent Portamento
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Many acoustic instruments create a harmonic series, a collection of sine-waves uniformly spaced in frequency. A listener aggregates such collections of sine-waves, or partials, into a single pitch. Some acoustic instruments allow portamento, the smooth glide from one pitch to another. For example, the violin and trombone. During acoustic portamento, each sine-wave transitions in parallel motion with the other members of the series. Of course, electronically generated sine-waves need not behave in this way.
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