Rapid Series Of Ascending And Descending Notes

• a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale

• (musical direction) in the manner of a glissando (with a rapidly executed series of notes)

• Either a continuous sliding from one pitch to another ("true" glissando), or an incidental scale played while moving from one melodic note to another ("effective" glissando).

• A method of playing an electric guitar in which a metal bar is held at right angles across the strings and rapidly moved up and down, creating a smooth, lush sound.

• an ordered reference standard

• relative magnitude

• the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it

• a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin

• a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin

• (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)

• a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass

• an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks

• a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

• a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals

• measure by or as if by a scale

• pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard

• take by attacking with scaling ladders

• reach the highest point of

• climb up by means of a ladder

• remove the scales from

• measure with or as if with scales

• size or measure according to a scale