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.

vocal

vibrato

Oscillating pitch effect

vocalize · modulation · oscillation · pitch · frequency · resonance · intonation · tone · timbre · sustain

birdsong

chirp

Short, high avian sound

  • tweetSmall bird's cry
  • singVocalize melodically
  • callContact by phone

whistle · songbird · canary · finch · nightingale · lark · thrush · robin · sparrow · melody

music

ornament

Thing that beautifies

shake · fingering · alternation · notation · baroque · embellishment · cadenza · articulation · technique · rapid

phonetics

consonant

In agreement with

Spanish · Italian · Scottish · pronunciation · articulation · tongue · palate · vibration · rhotic · linguistic

excitement

shiver

Involuntary trembling sensation

flutter · shudder · rush · sensation · ripple · tremor · pulse · spark · jolt · charge

Categories
Opposites
vocal/musical oscillation

trillheld note

monotone · drone · flat tone · whole note · fermata

sonic texture

trillmonotone

Single unvarying pitch

drone · flatness · hum · steadiness · stillness

Family

trilling, trills, trilled

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