Tremolo
noun, plural tremolos. Music.
1.
a tremulous or vibrating effect produced on certain instruments and in the human voice, as to express emotion.
2.
a mechanical device in an organ by which such an effect is produced.
noun (music) (pl) -los
1.
(in playing the violin, cello, etc) the rapid repetition of a single note produced by a quick back-and-forth movement of the bow
the rapid reiteration of two notes usually a third or greater interval apart (fingered tremolo) Compare trill1 (sense 1)
2.
(in singing) a fluctuation in pitch Compare vibrato
3.
a vocal ornament of late renaissance music consisting of the increasingly rapid reiteration of a single note
4.
another word for tremulant
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