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What is another word for tremolos?

Pronunciation: [tɹɛmˈɒlə͡ʊz] (IPA)

Tremolos are a musical effect used to produce a vibrato or wavering sound. Synonyms of tremolos include vibrato, quaver, shiver, shake, flutter, and trill. Vibrato is a rhythmic variation in pitch or tone typically used in string instruments. Quaver is a rapid alternation between two notes a half-step apart. Shiver refers to a shuddering or quivering sound produced by an instrument. Shake describes a rapid alteration between two notes. Flutter is a tremulous or wavering sound typically produced by wind instruments. Trill is a rapid alteration between two notes a whole-step or half-step apart. These synonyms of tremolo are commonly used in the music world.
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    guitar techniques, musical techniques, performance techniques, string instrument techniques.

Usage examples for Tremolos

There is nothing so painful as to see a singer struggling with tremolos and arpeggios."
"In the Courts of Memory 1858-1875."
L. de Hegermann-Lindencrone
Madame Dobson continued her tremolos on the soft pedal, like those which accompany critical situations at the theatre.
"Fromont and Risler, Complete"
Alphonse Daudet Last Updated: March 3, 2009
Wild as the tumult of the playing sounded, the shrill and raging chords, the wild clamour of the treble, the driven triplets and seething tremolos of the bass, yet the deep emotion of the player, the ecstasy and world-estranged madness in which he was, lent the scene a melancholy and a solemnity which would have had its effect even without the greenish cellar and the cavernous pallor of the listeners.
"The Goose Man"
Jacob Wassermann

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