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Tremolo

noun

(music) a tremulous effect produced by rapid repetition of a single tone or rapid alternation of two tones.

Vocal vibrato especially an excessive or poorly controlled one.

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Etymology of 'Tremolo'

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"Tremolo" Quotes from Famous Books

... as philanthropy's great rebuke to Socialism. And thrice his Honor spoke of the glorious capital of this grand old commonwealth; twice his arm swept from the stormy Atlantic to the sun-kissed Pacific; five times did he exalt, with the tremolo stop, the fair women ...

— V. V.'s Eyes • Henry Sydnor Harrison

... strange thing about it was, that the sound of the bell followed each of this man's movements. When the man approached, the sound approached; when the man retreated, the sound retreated; if he made any hasty gesture, a tremolo accompanied the gesture; when he halted, the sound ceased. It appeared evident that the bell was attached to that man; but what could that signify? Who was this man who had a bell suspended about him like ...

— Les Miserables - Complete in Five Volumes • Victor Hugo

... back to the old myth, and hear the goat-footed piper making the music which is itself the charm and terror of things; and when a glen invites our visiting footsteps, fancy that Pan leads us thither with a gracious tremolo; or when our hearts quail at the thunder of the cataract, tell ourselves that he has stamped his hoof in the ...

— Virginibus Puerisque • Robert Louis Stevenson

... hag; every time she appears, with her weird head and ghastly grin, the lights burn low, the music of the accompanying orchestra moans forth a sinister strain given by the flutes, mingled with a rattling tremolo which sounds like the clatter of bones. This creature evidently plays an ugly part in the piece,—that of a horrible old ghoul, spiteful and famished. Still more appalling than her person is her shadow, which, projected upon a white screen, is abnormally ...

— Madame Chrysantheme • Pierre Loti

Words linked to "Tremolo" : trembling, palpitation, shaking, vibrato, music, quiver, vibration, shakiness, quivering