'Tremolo' definitions:
Definition of 'tremolo'
(from WordNet)
noun
(music) a tremulous effect produced by rapid repetition of a single tone or rapid alternation of two tones
noun
Vocal vibrato especially an excessive or poorly controlled one
Definition of 'Tremolo'
From: GCIDE
- Tremolo \Tre"mo*lo\, n. [It. Cf. Tremulous.] (Mus.) (a) The rapid reiteration of tones without any apparent cessation, so as to produce a tremulous effect. (b) A certain contrivance in an organ, which causes the notes to sound with rapid pulses or beats, producing a tremulous effect; -- called also tremolant, and tremulant. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tremolo'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bassoon,
- Bebung,
- block flute,
- bombard,
- bourdon,
- cello,
- claribel,
- clarinet,
- clarion,
- concert flute,
- cornet,
- cornopean,
- cromorna,
- cymbel,
- diapason,
- dulciana,
- English horn,
- falter,
- flute stop,
- flutter,
- foundation stop,
- fourniture,
- gamba,
- gedeckt,
- gemshorn,
- harmonic flute,
- hybrid stop,
- koppel flute,
- larigot,
- melodia,
- mixture,
- mutation stop,
- nazard,
- oboe,
- octave,
- organ stop,
- piccolo,
- plein jeu,
- posaune,
- principal,
- quaver,
- quint,
- quintaten,
- quiver,
- rank,
- ranket,
- reed stop,
- register,
- rohr flute,
- sesquialtera,
- shake,
- shawm,
- spitz flute,
- stop,
- stopped diapason,
- stopped flute,
- string diapason,
- string stop,
- tierce,
- tremble,
- tremolando,
- tremolant,
- tremor,
- trill,
- trillet,
- trilleto,
- trillo,
- trombone,
- trumpet,
- twelfth,
- unda maris,
- vibrato,
- viola,
- voix celeste,
- vox angelica,
- vox humana