A method used by synthesisers that did not have enough voices to constantly have chords playing (like the SID which only had three voices) Instead, it would rapidly play the notes in sequence by taking the instrument and sliding it past the three notes rapidly This effect is still used to reproduce that sound
(from Italian, meaning 'in the manner of a harp') A chord performed with the notes 'spread out', one after the other rather than simultaneously, usually starting from the bottom Common in both piano and harp music
A method used by synthesizers that did not have enough voices to constantly have chords (like the SID which only had three voices) Instead, it would rapidly play the notes in sequence by taking the instrument and sliding it past the three notes rapidly This effect is still used to reproduce that sound