Slide damping can be used to damp a note that is physically adjacent to the new note being struck. The player strikes the new note and then controls the rebound of the mallet so that it slides over and onto the note to be damped. Sometimes slide damping can make the new note sound "bent" or as if there is a glissando from the damped note to the ringing one, as the two notes normally ring together for some short period of time.