trill
Voice rapidly wavers
A trill is a rapid alternation between two adjacent musical notes, or a similar quavering sound—the trill of a songbird, the trilled *r* in Spanish.
To trill is to produce such a sound: She trilled the high notes effortlessly.
The word suggests lightness and ornamentation, whether in opera or birdsong.
Oscillating pitch effect
- warbleSing with tremolo
- quaverUnsteady vocal sound
- tremoloRapid tonal wavering
- vocalizeProduce sounds aloud
modulation · oscillation · pitch · frequency · resonance · intonation · tone · timbre
Short, high avian sound
songbird · canary · finch · nightingale · lark · thrush · robin · sparrow
Thing that beautifies
- grace noteDecorative musical tone
- mordentRapid neighbor-note embellishment
- turnRotational movement
- shakeTrembling or blended treat
fingering · alternation · notation · baroque · embellishment · cadenza · articulation · technique
vibrato
Oscillating pitch effect
vocalize · modulation · oscillation · pitch · frequency · resonance · intonation · tone · timbre · sustain
chirp
Short, high avian sound
whistle · songbird · canary · finch · nightingale · lark · thrush · robin · sparrow · melody
ornament
Thing that beautifies
- grace noteDecorative musical tone
- mordentRapid neighbor-note embellishment
- turnRotational movement
shake · fingering · alternation · notation · baroque · embellishment · cadenza · articulation · technique · rapid
consonant
In agreement with
Spanish · Italian · Scottish · pronunciation · articulation · tongue · palate · vibration · rhotic · linguistic
shiver
Involuntary trembling sensation
flutter · shudder · rush · sensation · ripple · tremor · pulse · spark · jolt · charge
- animal callsbird call, bird calls, ribbit, frog calls, peep
- classical music termspiano concerto, violin concerto, concerto, sonata, tone poem
- playing techniquespicking, arpeggiated, fingerpicking, spiccato, block chords
- string techniquespizzicato, vibrato, harmonics, spiccato, tremolo
- wind techniquesembouchure, articulation, fingering, tonguing, breathing
- singingsoprano, lead vocals, vocalist, alto, backing vocals