tremolo
- noun
- /ˈtrɛmələʊ/
- Specialized
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tremolo
- "Your neighbor has been summoned to judgment," he said in that ripe tremolo one associates with calls for funds to re-roof the church.
Examples
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And I'm just curious, how did you develop that tremolo?
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I really, really admire your tremolo.
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"Lord," he said in fake tremolo, "you are an extravagant beast." "Looks like you got her trained all right there, Welchel," I said.
Fiction book (1990) -
"The first time I met Pamela," he would say with a little tremolo in his voice, his eyes misty, speaking of their mother as though they had no connection with her, "she was standing at the door in the sunlight in the Parioli with a Panama hat in her hand."
Fiction book (1994) -
(In one show, her tremolo was so tremulous that Allen wondered, "Why don't you put a weight on your tonsils and keep your voice in one place?")
Academic text (2007) -
" Jimmy reports that ' she started to sing, tentatively, in a beautiful tremolo, slowly gaining in confidence and volume', " and Charlotte's singing of that hymn in the film is beautiful (It is repeated over the credits as the film's final words).
Academic text (2002) -
I admire how the artist uses a subtle tremolo to add emotion to the melody.
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Her singing was filled with a rich tremolo, making the performance captivating.
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The singer's tremolo technique gave the song a unique and haunting quality.
Synonyms
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A quick, small change in pitch when singing or playing that makes a note sound wobbly
How Wavering
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tremolo comes from the Latin root tremere, which means 'to tremble', and is like the English word tremble. So a vocal tremolo is a shaking or wavering in a singer's voice, which is why it sounds like the voice is 'trembling'.