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Definition of Tremolo
1. Noun. (music) a tremulous effect produced by rapid repetition of a single tone or rapid alternation of two tones.
Generic synonyms: Palpitation, Quiver, Quivering, Shakiness, Shaking, Trembling, Vibration
2. Noun. Vocal vibrato especially an excessive or poorly controlled one.
Definition of Tremolo
1. n. The rapid reiteration of tones without any apparent cessation, so as to produce a tremulous effect.
Definition of Tremolo
1. Noun. (music) A rapid repetition of the same note, or an alternation between two or more notes. It can also be intended to mean a rapid and repetitive variation in pitch for the duration of a note. It is notated by a strong diagonal bar across the note stem, or a detached bar for a set of notes (or stemless notes). ¹
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Definition of Tremolo
1. a vibrating musical effect [n -LOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tremolo
Literary usage of Tremolo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1910)
"Good examples of tremolo are to be found in various branches of music — for the
... The strictly classical PF. writers evidently did not consider tremolo ..."
2. Organ Registration: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Distinctive Quality of by Everett Ellsworth Truette (1919)
"The effect of a tremolo on the tone of the pipes is somewhat similar to ...
With the tone of some stops and combinations, a tremolo adds nerve and vitality. ..."
3. Organ Registration: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Distinctive Quality of by Everett Ellsworth Truette (1919)
"The effect of a tremolo on the tone of the pipes is somewhat similar to the ...
With the tone of some stops and combinations, a tremolo adds nerve and ..."
4. Sixty Years of California Song by Rosana Margaret Kroh Blake Alverson (1913)
"CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE tremolo N WRITING about one of the greatest faults in the
teaching of vocal music I wish to put my most emphatic criticism upon the ..."
5. Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by John William Wallace, United States Supreme Court (1906)
"That in the ascertainment of profits made by them from sales of the organs with
the tremolo attachment, it was proper to let them prove the general expenses ..."
6. Violin Playing as I Teach it by Leopold Auer (1921)
"VII THE tremolo Two bow-strokes, delivered in close proximity, and in accordance
with the same principles by which the ricochet-saltato stroke just ..."
7. Advanced Elocution: Designed as a Practical Treatise for Teachers and by J. W. Shoemaker, George Beswick Hynson, John Hendricks Bechtel (1896)
"The tremolo Voice This quality is the result of intermittent impulses. Tha flow
of the voice is broken. The vowels, instead of being uttered smoothly, ..."
8. How to Sing: Meine Gesangskunst by Lilli Lehmann (1914)
"... SECTION XVIII THE tremolo BIG voices produced by large, strong organs through
which the breath can flow in a broad, powerful stream, are easily disposed ..."
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