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Tremolo   Listen
noun
Tremolo  n.  (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.






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"Tremolo" Quotes from Famous Books



... as one listens at the edge of a field in the night time to hear the growing of the corn. If all the millions of leaves had ceased their transpiration, if this flow of life had been shut off, as the organist pushes in the tremolo stop, the sound of the summer would not have been the same. Something of the strength and joy of the summer was in it. Drinking deeply of it the body was invigorated and the heart grew glad. In it the faith of the winter's buds and the hope of the spring's tender leaves found ...
— Some Summer Days in Iowa • Frederick John Lazell

... singer of genius, too; with a splendid voice and a sound method—on the whole. It was before the days of the Wagner autocracy, and perhaps his tremolo passed unchallenged as it could not now; but he was a great artist. He knew his business as well as his advance-agent knew his. The Remy Concerts were a splendid success. Reserved seats, $5. For the Series ...
— Americans All - Stories of American Life of To-Day • Various



Words linked to "Tremolo" :   shakiness, music, vibration, shaking, trembling, vibrato



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