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Unusually lad sings round sliding fingers over keyboard (9)

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I believe the answer is:

glissando

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'sliding fingers over keyboard' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'unusually lad sings round' is the wordplay.
'unusually' indicates an anagram.
'round' becomes 'o' (round can mean a round object).
'lad'+'sings'='ladsings'
'ladsings' anagrammed gives 'glissand'.
'glissand'+'o'='GLISSANDO'

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(Other definitions for glissando that I've seen before include "Effect produced by playing a series of notes very rapidly" , "Re-interpreting this musical direction" , "Sliding series of notes (mus.)" , "trombone slide, for example" , "Sliding effect in moving from one musical note to another" .)

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