Dictionary

tremolo en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtrɛməloʊ/ (US)
• /ˈtrɛmələʊ/ (UK)
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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tremolo, first-person present indicative of tremolare (“to shake, to tremble”). Origin: 1715-25.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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).
   • It commenced with a slow crescendo, so irresistibly lugubrious that two of our dogs at once raised their heads and swelled their voices into a responsive tremolo, which may have been heard and appreciated by their distant relatives. 1880, Felix Leopold Oswald, Summerland Sketches, page 57:
2. (countable, uncountable) A variation in the volume of a note or a chord, evoking a tremor or quiver.
3. (countable, uncountable) The device in an organ that produces a tremolo effect.

Forms

Deriveds

tremolo picking · tremolist

Translations (17)

fi tremolo (rapid repetition of the same note) · pl tremolo (rapid repetition of the same note) · vi sự vê (rapid repetition of the same note) · pl tremolando (rapid repetition of the same note) · ga creathán (rapid repetition of the same note) · cmn 搖指 /摇指 (rapid repetition of the same note) · cy crychiad (rapid repetition of the same note) · ru тре́моло (rapid repetition of the same note) · eo tremsono (rapid repetition of the same note) · ja トレモロ (rapid repetition of the same note) · pt tremolo (rapid repetition of the same note) · ja 震音 (rapid repetition of the same note) · ca trèmolo (rapid repetition of the same note) · vi rê-mô-lô (rapid repetition of the same note) · tl pakatal (rapid repetition of the same note) · io tremolo (rapid repetition of the same note) · vi trê-mô-lô (rapid repetition of the same note)