"tremolo" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtrɛmələʊ/ [UK], /ˈtrɛməloʊ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tremolo.wav Forms: tremolos [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian tremolo, first-person present indicative of tremolare (“to shake, to tremble”). Origin: 1715-25. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*trem-}}, {{bor|en|it|tremolo}} Italian tremolo Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tremolo (countable and uncountable, plural tremolos)
  1. (music) 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). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music Translations (rapid repetition of the same note): 搖指 (Chinese Mandarin), 摇指 (yáozhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), tremsono (Esperanto), tremolo (Finnish), tremolo (Ido), creathán [masculine] (Irish), トレモロ (toremoro) (Japanese), 震音 (shin'on) (alt: しんおん) (Japanese), tremolo [neuter] (Polish), tremolando [neuter] (Polish), tremolo [masculine] (Portuguese), тре́моло (trɛ́molo) [neuter] (Russian), pakatal (Tagalog), trê-mô-lô (Vietnamese), rê-mô-lô (Vietnamese), sự vê (Vietnamese), crychiad [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-tremolo-en-noun-7j9OTMsi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 21 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 63 19 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 60 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 61 19 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 63 18 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 60 22 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 61 18 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 60 22 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 61 19 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 58 26 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 57 25 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 62 20 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 61 19 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 60 22 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 60 22 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 59 19 21 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'rapid repetition of the same note': 87 8 6
  2. (music) A variation in the volume of a note or a chord, evoking a tremor or quiver. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-tremolo-en-noun-o6n98tca Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  3. (music) The device in an organ that produces a tremolo effect. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-tremolo-en-noun-5PoUBnGu Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tremolist, tremolo picking

Inflected forms

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  "word": "tremolo"
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