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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).
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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A variation in the volume of a note or a chord, evoking a tremor or quiver.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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The device in an organ that produces a tremolo effect.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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vocal vibrato especially an excessive or poorly controlled one
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: vibrato
(music) a tremulous effect produced by rapid repetition of a single tone or rapid alternation of two tones
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Broader terms: shaking, shakiness, trembling, quiver, quivering, vibration, palpitation
Borrowed from Italian tremolo, first-person present indicative of tremolare (“to shake, to tremble”). Origin: 1715-25.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
trèmolo
— rapid repetition of the same note
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Chinese Mandarin:
搖指 /摇指
(yáozhǐ)
— rapid repetition of the same note
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Esperanto:
tremsono
— rapid repetition of the same note
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Finnish:
tremolo
— rapid repetition of the same note
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Ido:
tremolo
— rapid repetition of the same note
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Irish:
creathán
— rapid repetition of the same note
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Japanese:
トレモロ
(toremoro)
— rapid repetition of the same note
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Japanese:
震音
(shin'on)
— rapid repetition of the same note
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Polish:
tremolo
— rapid repetition of the same note
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Polish:
tremolando
— rapid repetition of the same note
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Portuguese:
tremolo
— rapid repetition of the same note
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Russian:
тре́моло
(trɛ́molo)
— rapid repetition of the same note
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Tagalog:
pakatal
— rapid repetition of the same note
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Vietnamese:
trê-mô-lô
— rapid repetition of the same note
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Vietnamese:
rê-mô-lô
— rapid repetition of the same note
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Vietnamese:
sự vê
— rapid repetition of the same note
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Welsh:
crychiad
— rapid repetition of the same note
