tremolo
Rapid note repetition
Tremolo is a rapid, wavering effect in music—a quick repetition of a single note or alternation between two notes.
On stringed instruments, it's produced by rapid bowing or picking; singers create it with pulsation in the voice.
The tremolo bar on an electric guitar bends pitch to create vibrato effects.
The guitarist's tremolo added intensity to the solo.
Often confused with vibrato, which varies pitch rather than volume.
Involuntary trembling sensation
- shakeTrembling or blended treat
- quiverTrembling or arrow case
- shudderConvulsive trembling from fear
- palpitateBeat rapidly, irregularly
emotion · fear · anticipation · nervous · agitation · excitement · tension · suspense
Oscillating pitch effect
- quaverUnsteady vocal sound
- warbleSing with tremolo
- flutterRapid light movement
- waverHesitate or fluctuate
falter · operatic · coloratura · soprano · tenor · breath · diaphragm · intensity
Act of selecting
- strummingSweeping across guitar strings
- alternateOccur in succession
- rapidMoving with haste
- repetitionAct of redoing
pluck · pick · bar · arm · whammy · bridge · saddle · springs
Foot-operated lever
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
- amplitudeMaximum oscillation displacement
- rateMeasured speed or charge
- depthDistance below surface
speed · wave · oscillation · sine · triangle · optical · bias · harmonic
Bending forward in deference
- measuredCarefully considered, unhurried
- unmeasuredNot quantified or gauged
- rapidMoving with haste
- reiterationsRepeated expressions of something
violin · viola · cello · orchestral · fingered · pizzicato · mandolin · balalaika
shiver
Involuntary trembling sensation
palpitate · emotion · fear · anticipation · nervous · agitation · excitement · tension · suspense · dramatic
vibrato
Oscillating pitch effect
waver · falter · operatic · coloratura · soprano · tenor · breath · diaphragm · intensity · emotion
picking
Act of selecting
repetition · pluck · pick · bar · arm · whammy · bridge · saddle · springs · floating
pedal
Foot-operated lever
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
- amplitudeMaximum oscillation displacement
- rateMeasured speed or charge
depth · speed · wave · oscillation · sine · triangle · optical · bias · harmonic · analog
bowing
Bending forward in deference
- measuredCarefully considered, unhurried
- unmeasuredNot quantified or gauged
- rapidMoving with haste
reiterations · violin · viola · cello · orchestral · fingered · pizzicato · mandolin · balalaika · arpeggiated
- church organpipe organ, pedals, manuals, stops, console
- signal processorscompressor, equalizer, limiter, reverb, delay
- soundsound, sound waves, echoes, acoustics, vibrations
- musical soundsnote, chord, tone, melody, beat
- musicianshipsinging, playing, performing, practicing, harmonizing
- singing termsduet, aria, hum, alto, soprano
tremolostillness
Complete lack of motion
calm · unadorned · plain · unexpressive · static
- slight tremor
- earth tremorBrief seismic disturbance
- hand tremorInvoluntary shaking of fingers
- head tremorInvoluntary shaking of cranium
- tremolo barPitch-bending guitar lever
- essential tremorNeurological involuntary rhythmic movement disorder